From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbrute force/strengthbrute force/strengthphysical strength, rather than intelligence and careful thinking Discussion can be more effective than the use of brute force. → brute
Examples from the Corpus
brute force/strength• And let's not limit the language to pictures of thunder and brute strength.• But like men, chimps do not rise entirely on brute strength.• Their only ultimate recourse is to deal with each other by brute force.• Was brute force and intimidation all they knew?• Even his strong-man routine seems devoid of any intelligence or style and focuses, instead, upon brute force and muscle.• Wado employs very light and fast techniques, preferring evasion to meeting brute force head on.• Teravainen belonged to the brute force school; off the tee, he was as long as anybody.• Henry Cooper used brute strength to promote after-shave. 