Usually means: Attempting all possibilities to succeed.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. brute-force: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Brute-Force, brute-force, brute force: Wordnik
  3. brute force: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. brute-force, brute force: Wiktionary
  5. brute force: Dictionary.com
  6. Brute Force (album), Brute Force (book), Brute Force (musician), Brute Force (video game), Brute Force, Brute-force, Brute force (disambiguation), Brute force: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. brute force: Free Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brute force: Legal dictionary

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. brute force: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. brute force: Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures
  3. brute force: Hacking Lexicon
  4. brute force: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brute Force: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. brute force, brute force: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (brute force)

noun:  A method of accomplishing something primarily by means of strength, without the use of great skill, mechanical aids or thought.
noun:  (computer science) A method of computation wherein the computer is let to try all permutations of a problem until one is found that provides a solution, in contrast to the implementation of a more intelligent algorithm.
verb:  (transitive) To solve (a computational problem) by brute force.
verb:  (computing) To break a password, encryption, or any other protection mechanism by brute force.

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