Converse of object

• expose: He is particularly proud of a report he made in 1999, which exposed police brutality in South Africa.

• justify: There is no cause, no religion, that can justify such brutality.

• suffer: Many died in captivity and many suffered appalling brutality.

• witness: Quite a number have witnessed brutality or relatives being killed.

• reveal: Fast camera changes relay the frenzy of battle and close-ups reveal the brutality of it.

Preposition: against

• civilian: This conflict escalated into civil war and a campaign of brutality against civilians.

Adjective modifier

• murderous: By the time millions of European J's were facing murderous Nazi brutality, Ben Gurion was already capitalizing on their imminent deaths.

• sheer: The first time you see the game in action, the sheer brutality of the game's new impact punches soon becomes starkly clear.

• appalling: Many died in captivity and many suffered appalling brutality.

• utmost: Fifteen death sentences were carried out, all with the utmost brutality.

• Nazi: But I also thought of the Nazi brutality I had seen.

Noun used with modifier

• police: In five cases, the victims of police brutality died.

Preposition: of

• regime: The US cares nothing for the brutality of regimes like those in Congo, Gabon or Nigeria.

• soldier: The brutality of the Japanese soldiers shocked the British.

• war: The brutality of the war in Chechnya was played out in miniature against the children of Beslan.

• police: The media attempted its usual distortions but tens of thousands had seen the brutality of the police first hand.

Preposition: by

• police: April 2000 A protest is met with " unaccustomed brutality by riot police " .