D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Brutal

/bro͞ot'-əl/ · Bru·tal · IPA /ˈbɹu.təl/
01 a. Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to a brute; as, brutal nature.
  2. 2.
    Like a brute; savage; cruel; inhuman; brutish; unfeeling; merciless; gross; as, brutal manners.