German

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Etymology

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From brutalst +‎ möglich. Popularized by CDU politician Roland Koch who promised a brutalstmögliche Aufklärung (as-brutal-as-can-be investigation) of the CDU donations scandal in 2000.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bru‧talst‧mög‧lich

Adjective

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brutalstmöglich (strong nominative masculine singular brutalstmöglicher, not comparable)

  1. (sometimes humorous) as brutal as possible; ruthless
    • 2017 August 17, Ambros Waibel, “Kommentar deutscher Trump-Diskurs: Charlottesville ist hier”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
      Trump ist der brutalstmögliche Ausdruck all dessen, was in den USA schiefläuft.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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