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Definition of Brunt
Brunt Brunt Brunt (br[u^]nt), n. [OE. brunt, bront, fr. Icel. bruna
to rush; cf. Icel. brenna to burn. Cf. Burn, v. t.]
1. The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or
greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a
battle.
2. The force of a blow; shock; collision. ``And heavy brunt
of cannon ball.' --Hudibras.
It is instantly and irrecoverably scattered by our
first brunt with some real affair of common life.
--I. Taylor.
