Meaning of Brunt | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.
3. The force or shock of an attack in war.
4. The major part of something; the bulk.
5. A violent attack or charge in battle.
   obsolete
6. A sudden harmful onset or attack (of disease, unbelief, persecution, etc.).
   broadly, obsolete
7. A spurt, a sudden effort or straining.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“Unfortunately, poor areas such as those in New Orleans bore the brunt of Hurricane Katrina’s winds.”

“There is an economy in the matter⟳ of breakages and repairs, for if the plough should be brought up upon a landfast rock, instead of the brunt coming simply on the draught rope, which would either snap⟳ or pull⟳ the framework of the plough to pieces, it is, through the pull⟳ of the one drum upon the other, immediately spread⟳ all over the field wherever the rope goes […]”

“Though the storm raged up the East Coast, it has become⟳ increasingly apparent that New Jersey took the brunt of it.”

“If you feel⟳ tired of walking, just think⟳ of the poor donkey who has carried the brunt of our load⟳.”

“Tech[elles]. I heare them come⟳, ſhall wee encounter them? Tam[burlaine]. Keep⟳ all your ſtandings, and not ſtir a foot, Myſelfe will bide the danger of the brunt.”

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