Found 2 items, similar to brunt.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: brunt brunt n : main force of a blow etc; “bore the brunt of the attack”
English → English (gcide) Definition: 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The force of a blow; shock; collision. “And heavy brunt of cannon ball.” --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] It is instantly and irrecoverably scattered by our first brunt with some real affair of common life. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]