Metaglossary.com - Definitions for "{term}"

Keywords: fury, utmost, violence, battle, onset

The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or greatest fury of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle.

Keywords: bore, collision, blow, shock, force

The force of a blow; shock; collision.

main force of a blow etc; "bore the brunt of the attack"