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brachial.

fierce, violent, brute, unscrupulous (force, methods, attacks etc.)

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Meaning & usage

adj/bʁaˈxi̯aːl/[bʁaχˈjaːl][bʁaˈχjaːl][-χiˈaːl]
  1. fierce, violent, brute, unscrupulous (force, methods, attacks etc.)

  2. arm; brachial (pertaining to the arm)

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Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin bracchialis, from bracchium (“arm”). The common sense from the use of the arms as a means of violence, as in a fist fight; probably reinforced by the phonetic similarity with brechen (“to break”, compare past tense brach).

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