'Brunt' definitions:
Definition of 'brunt'
(from WordNet)
noun
Main force of a blow etc; "bore the brunt of the attack"
Definition of 'Brunt'
From: GCIDE
- Brunt \Brunt\ (br[u^]nt), n. [OE. brunt, bront, fr. Icel. bruna to rush; cf. Icel. brenna to burn. Cf. Burn, v. t.]
- 1. The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The force of a blow; shock; collision. "And heavy brunt of cannon ball." --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
- It is instantly and irrecoverably scattered by our first brunt with some real affair of common life. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'brunt'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appulse,
- bulldozing,
- bulling,
- bump,
- burden,
- cannon,
- carambole,
- carom,
- clash,
- collision,
- concussion,
- crack-up,
- crash,
- crump,
- crunch,
- encounter,
- full force,
- hammering,
- impact,
- impingement,
- mauling,
- meeting,
- onslaught,
- onus,
- percussion,
- ramming,
- shock,
- sideswipe,
- sledgehammering,
- smash,
- smash-up,
- smashing,
- stress,
- thrusting,
- violence,
- weight,
- whomp