Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brunt
1 sense of brunt
Sense 1
brunt -- (main force of a blow etc; "bore the brunt of the attack")
=> force, forcefulness, strength -- (physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man")