Brŭnt, n.

n. [O. Eng. bront, broont, brunte, A-S. bront, boiling, foaming, raging. Cf. BURN.]

1. The heat, or utmost violence, of an onset; the strength or violence of any contention; as, the brunt of a battle.
2. The force of a blow; violence; shock; collision. “And heavy brunt of cannon ball.” Hudibras.
3. A sudden effort, contact, or engagement.

It is instantly and irrecoverably scattered by our first brunt with some real affair of common life. I. Taylor.