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brunt

UK/bɹʌnt/ US/bɹʊnt/ uncommon obsolete rare

noun

1.

main force of a blow etc

  • “bore the brunt of the attack”

Origin

From Middle English brunt, bront (“sudden onset, attack, charge, blow”), from Old Norse brundr or brundtíð (“oestrus, rut”) (from Proto-Germanic *brunstiz), or bruna (“to rush”, literally “to advance like wildfire”) (see brenna).

Phrases

  • at a brunt
  • at the first brunt
  • bear the brunt

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