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How to pronounce“brunt”in English

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In natural English speech, "brunt" appears in contexts such as: "killed hundreds and displaced a million people the most vulnerable bear the brunt the UN has developed a special classification for different degrees of hunger it says 4 million somalis one in five of the population face either acute". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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killed hundreds and displaced a million people the most vulnerable bear the

brunt the UN has developed a special classification for different degrees of

hunger it says 4 million somalis one in five of the population face either acute

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noun

The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.

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

noun

The force or shock of an attack in war.

verb

To bear the brunt of; to weather or withstand.

“"… I say." Ripton resumed the serious intonation, "do you think they'll ever suspect us?" "What if they do? We must brunt it." We brunted the storm.”

verb

To make a violent attack or charge.

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