brutal

Preposition: in

• place: It's brutal in places, gory in places, and supernaturally creepy in places.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: Co-promoter Nicol said: " That was a tough match and the tournament schedule makes a brutal sport even more brutal.

Modifies a noun

• dictator: And I don't find doing nothing while a brutal dictator kills millions to be noble.
• dictatorship: Myanmar is ruled with an iron fist by a brutal military dictatorship, which has renamed the country Myanmar.
• murder: There are few people who will not remember the brutal murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence in London in 1993.
• killing: The text of the play is notable for the non-sensational descriptions of these brutal killings.
• honesty: Her vocals roar out the literate, intelligent lyrics with brutal honesty.

Modifying Another Word

• hilariously: Les Dennis, Mike McShane and Jeremy Edwards star in this hilariously brutal comedy examining our infatuation with fame... .
• particularly: For women in the third world, life is particularly brutal.
• sometimes: She was deeply in love with him despite his cruel and sometimes brutal treatment of her.
• pretty: In the United States, they were pretty brutal about the movie, actually.
• increasingly: It isn't long, however, before Esther begins carving new and increasingly brutal wounds into her body.
• rather: RICHARD I do, but it's rather brutal: let the game handle it.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: Seen from the east or west the architecture seems utterly brutal: sheer walls relieved only by a blind arch.
• become: Society did not become more brutal in the developed democratic nations.
• look: This was the sort of story the Germans wished to be true and they always swallowed it, even those who looked most brutal.
• get: However, it does get more brutal, especially on the live offensives.
• say: From about that date his method becomes much broader - one might almost say more brutal - and his color more vivid and daring.
• follow: At her trial Mark Smeaton was the only man to speak against her and this was following brutal torture.