brunt

IPA: brˈʌnt

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.

Examples of "brunt" in Sentences

This is the brunt of the criticism of homeopathy.
The brunt of the plague was borne by mill workers.
Brunt began curling competitively at the age of fourteen.
Charley Company received the brunt of the Japanese attack.
The brunt of the fighting was born by Balc, the son of Sas.
This view point gives the KMT credit for the brunt of the fighting.
He arrived as the brunt of the fighting in the territory was ending.
During the 1980s Soviet forces increasingly bore the brunt of the fighting.
He fully expected the Japanese carriers would bear the brunt of the fighting.
When the Robotech Masters arrived at Earth, the ASC bore the brunt of the fight.