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brute force(expression, idiom, force, attack, power)
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callousness(noun, violence, severity, torture, cruelty)
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cannibalism
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coarseness(noun, violence, severity, torture, cruelty)
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cold-bloodedness(noun, cruelty, harshness, unkindness, coldness)
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enormity(noun, outrage, massacre, killing)
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hardness(noun, power, abuse, violence, misery)
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heartlessness(noun, violence, severity, torture, cruelty)
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heinousness
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inhumaneness(noun, violence, cruelty, viciousness)
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inhumanness(cruelty, nastiness, inhumanity, rottenness)
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malevolence(noun, vice, spitefulness, maliciousness, venomousness)
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meanness(noun, spite, malice, unkindness, nastiness)
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oppression(noun, misery, hardship, cruelty, domination)
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rage(noun, violence)
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rigor(harshness, sternness)
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rigour
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rottenness
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rudeness(noun, power, violence, discourtesy)
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sharpness(force, attack, power, disorder, confusion)
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