brunt

Preposition: of

• fighting: The male figure was chosen because men had borne the brunt of the fighting.
• blame: The brunt of the blame must be borne, of course, by the leadership of the Comintern.
• storm: Nearby, the village of McCallum bore the brunt of the storm.
• criticism: Some books tell the truth and they bear the brunt of criticism.
• joke: The jokes were not so clever and Blackadder ended up being the brunt of the joke more often than the instigator.
• disaster: While Mozambique has borne the brunt of the disaster, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia and Madagascar.

Converse of object

• bear: Young people bear the brunt of economic decline in parts of the city.
• suffer: The people who are suffering the brunt of the violence?
• feel: Socially excluded neighborhoods also feel the brunt of the childcare deficit.
• take: What was left took the brunt of the pain.
• face: Why aren't you responsible enough to face the brunt of your own actions?
• receive: Kick Boxing A Thai martial art, in which a boxing bag receives the brunt of your ill will.

Adjective modifier

• full: He takes the full brunt of the wolves ' attack.
• whole: The propertyless bore almost the whole brunt of the famine brought about by their own improvident measures.
• first: Naturally, Desiderius was furious at this insult, and the dominions of the Holy See bore the first brunt of his wrath.
• bad: Therefore since our warfare is not over, let us prepare for the worst brunt, and the last efforts of Satan.