adjective
- excessively brutal; more brutal than necessary or appropriate
Usage: informal; often used in literary or critical contexts
Examples
- The critic called the film's depiction of violence overbrutal and gratuitous.
- His overbrutal approach to discipline alienated his students.
- The overbrutal treatment of prisoners violated international humanitarian law.
- Some found the novel's language overbrutal for a young adult audience.
- The coach's overbrutal training methods were questioned by parents.