"She taught me the ability to cut down to what's most interesting," he says, "to be brutal with yourself."

He wouldn't do anything really brutal with them home, surely.

I coached youth baseball for several years, and the kids could be rather brutal with their comments.

The soldiers are instructed to be brutal with them.

The brothers themselves were brutal in their dealings with competitors.

The battle is brutal with both sides taking extreme damage.

But he was just as brutal - with her and with us.

It was brutal that winter, with the cold and snow.

The game had become increasingly brutal with the introduction of mass formation.

And it denies its workers are brutal with the homeless.