the brunt of
idiom
: the main force or effect of (something harmful or dangerous)
Cities on the coast felt/bore the brunt of the storm.
His troops took the brunt of the enemy attack.
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Unlike two years ago, however, much of the damage this time was clustered in Tampa Bay, which bore the brunt of the three storms.
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Lawrence Mower, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
If the Trump administration imposes new tariffs on Chinese goods, commentators are already anticipating that Europe will bear the brunt of Chinese mercantile policies, especially as China now dominates green technologies, including the whole electrical automobile supply chain.
—Stéphane Jg Girod, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Thousands of people who had entered the island illegally bore the brunt of the storm that tore through the Indian Ocean archipelago — France’s poorest territory.
—Sam Mednick and Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
The facts are clear: Marylanders stand to gain no benefit from this proposal, yet our state will bear the brunt of its environmental destruction and economic damage to agritourism and farming, our top Maryland industry.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2024
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Lawrence Mower, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
If the Trump administration imposes new tariffs on Chinese goods, commentators are already anticipating that Europe will bear the brunt of Chinese mercantile policies, especially as China now dominates green technologies, including the whole electrical automobile supply chain.
—Stéphane Jg Girod, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Thousands of people who had entered the island illegally bore the brunt of the storm that tore through the Indian Ocean archipelago — France’s poorest territory.
—Sam Mednick and Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
The facts are clear: Marylanders stand to gain no benefit from this proposal, yet our state will bear the brunt of its environmental destruction and economic damage to agritourism and farming, our top Maryland industry.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2024
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