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n. The main impact or force, as of an attack.

n. The main burden: bore the brunt of the household chores.

n. The full adverse effects of; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.

n. The major part of; the bulk.

n. The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention.

n. The force of a blow; shock; collision.

n. A sudden shock or impetus; a collision, onset, or attack; a strenuous effort.

n. The heat or utmost violence of an onset; the strength or violence of any contention.

To make a sudden start.

A dialectal form of burnt.

n. main force of a blow etc

"But Vivendi will have to shoulder the short-term brunt of the acquisition -- which comes on top of the €2.2 billion it will pay out as part of the Activision deal."

forcefulness    strength    force   

shock    collision   

Hunt    Lunt    affront    blunt    bunt    confront    cunt    front    grunt    hunt   

aftermath    forefront    imminence    cessation    commencement    spate    likelihood    throes    eve    suddenness