as in brute
having or showing the nature and appetites of a lower animal
with animalistic fury the boxer tore into his opponent
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Adjective
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This is her answer, in part: In terms of brute force and repression, the grip of the dictatorship in Cuba is as tight as ever.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
24 Feb. 2025 -
The United States should never seek to match China’s brute force approach to economic power.—
Steve Bowsher,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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England’s Champions Trophy campaign finally came to a brutal end when they were beaten by South Africa in Karachi by seven wickets with almost 21 overs to spare.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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The free chow was served daily, except on Fridays, and continued through a brutal period of industrywide cost-cutting that persists to this day.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The likely source, investigators concluded: a playground sandbox that some feral cats used as a litter box.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
21 Feb. 2025
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What about feral reactions from fans at the stage door?—
Kate Lloyd,
Vogue,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Eggers certainly loves the guy, and Skarsgård’s ultra-committed performance allows the film to enjoy a contagious pleasure in returning the vampire archetype to its more bestial origins.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
2 Dec. 2024
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The rape/bestial fetish is framed as a fantasy imagined by a woman, curiously beginning as an assault.—
Nicholas Bell,
SPIN,
31 July 2024
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“Animalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animalistic. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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