brutal

Example Sentences

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The 1945 bombing of Nagasaki, and Hiroshima before it, brought an end to Imperial Japan’s brutal march across Asia and turned generations of Japanese against the militarism that led their country to ruin.

From The Wall Street Journal

She’s looking at the numbers — and the numbers are brutal.

From MarketWatch

The Chinese food-delivery giant continued to bleed from a brutal price war, posting a second straight quarter in the red.

From The Wall Street Journal

As brutal as the news was, it was hardly a surprise.

From Salon

Alibaba, JD.com, and Meituan have been locked in a brutal price war, particularly in food delivery, in a bid to boost sales volumes at a time when consumer spending in China has stagnated.

From Barron's