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  • adjective superlative form of blunt: most blunt.

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Examples

  • In the "bluntest" warning issued by British police, Scotland Yard has said that businesses in the city of London could face a Mumbai-style terror attack early next year.

    Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views' 2009

  • LONDON: In the "bluntest" warning issued by British police, Scotland Yard has said that businesses in the city of London could face a Mumbai-style terror attack early next year.

    The Times of India 2009

  • In the "bluntest" warning issued by British police, Scotland Yard has said that businesses in the city of London could face a Mumbai-style terror attack early next year.

    Hindustan Times News Feeds 'Views' 2009

  • In the 'bluntest' warning issued by British police, Scotland Yard has said that businesses in the city of London could face a Mumbai-style terror attack early next year.

    Top Headlines 2009

  • In the 'bluntest' warning issued by British police, Scotland Yard has said that businesses in the city of London could face a Mumbai-style terror attack early next year.

    Top Headlines 2009

  • His mother went to pick him up from training one day and was told, in the bluntest terms, that her son was a waste of time and not worth the hassle.

    Ravel Morrison is the teenager Manchester United struggle to control 2012

  • As EU finance ministers scrambled to build a second bailout of Greece in the space of a year, but delayed throwing Athens a €12bn lifeline until next month, the IMF delivered its bluntest public criticism to date of the way EU leaders have handled the crisis.

    Greek crisis: EU leaders must act decisively or face disaster, says IMF 2011

  • In their public pronouncements Hitler, Goebbels, and Alfred Rosenberg married the bluntest language about an exterminationist policy toward the Jews with a complete absence of detail regarding implementation of that policy.

    Hitler's Co-Conspirators 2009

  • More Syria Isn't Hopeful of Mideast Success The statement represents the bluntest and most unified position the Palestinian leadership has taken since a 10-month partial moratorium on Jewish settlement construction ended last week.

    Palestinians Seek a Suspension of Negotiations Charles Levinson 2010

  • In their public pronouncements Hitler, Goebbels, and Alfred Rosenberg married the bluntest language about an exterminationist policy toward the Jews with a complete absence of detail regarding implementation of that policy.

    Hitler's Co-Conspirators 2009

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