Definitions from Wiktionary (Brunt)
▸ noun: The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.
▸ noun: The force or shock of an attack in war.
▸ noun: The major part of something; the bulk.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A violent attack or charge in battle.
▸ noun: (obsolete, by extension) A sudden harmful onset or attack (of disease, unbelief, persecution, etc.).
▸ noun: (obsolete) A spurt, a sudden effort or straining.
▸ verb: (transitive, rare) To bear the brunt of; to weather or withstand.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To make a violent attack or charge.
▸ noun: A surname.
bear take the brunt of something,
bear the brunt,
Douglas Brunt,
Katherine Brunt,
Dominic Brunt,
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▸ noun: The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.
▸ noun: The force or shock of an attack in war.
▸ noun: The major part of something; the bulk.
▸ noun: (obsolete) A violent attack or charge in battle.
▸ noun: (obsolete, by extension) A sudden harmful onset or attack (of disease, unbelief, persecution, etc.).
▸ noun: (obsolete) A spurt, a sudden effort or straining.
▸ verb: (transitive, rare) To bear the brunt of; to weather or withstand.
▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To make a violent attack or charge.
▸ noun: A surname.
Similar:
sharp end,
acerbity,
brame,
burstenness,
cruel mistress,
bane of someone's existence,
overharshness,
aggravative,
fulminancy,
quick,
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