Hyphenation of brutal

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word brutal? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

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Definitions of brutal:

1.	(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering A barbarous crime Brutal beatings Cruel tortures Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks A savage slap Vicious kicks
2.	Harsh The brutal summer sun A brutal winter
3.	Resembling a beast Showing lack of human sensibility Beastly desires A bestial nature Brute force A dull and brutish man Bestial treatment of prisoners
4.	Disagreeably direct and precise He spoke with brutal honesty

Synonyms of brutal:

adj	cruel, inhumane
adj	barbarous, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious, inhumane
adj	cruel, harsh, rigorous, unkind, hard

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