brunt
IPA: brˈʌnt
noun
- The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.
- The force or shock of an attack in war.
- The major part of something; the bulk.
- (obsolete) A violent attack or charge in battle.
- (obsolete, by extension) A sudden harmful onset or attack (of disease, unbelief, persecution, etc.).
- (obsolete) A spurt, a sudden effort or straining.
- A surname.
verb
- (transitive, rare) To bear the brunt of; to weather or withstand.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To make a violent attack or charge.
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