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brute forced

brute forced is the simple past and past participle of brute force.

Meaning of brute force

Verb

brute force (third-person singular simple present brute forces, present participle brute forcing, simple past and past participle brute forced)

  1. (transitive) To solve (a computational problem) by brute force.
    • "In trying to solve the problem in this simplified space, it does different things than it did when it was brute forcing its way through the original space."1960, Scott Cameron, Marshall Clinton Yovits, Self-organizing Systems: Proceedings - Page 187
  2. To break a password, encryption, or any other protection mechanism by brute force.

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Questions about brute forced

What is brute forced the simple past and past participle of?
Brute forced is the simple past and past participle of brute force.

Words near brute forced in the dictionary

  1. brute de forge
  2. brute fact
  3. brute facts
  4. brute for punishment
  5. brute force
  6. brute forced
  7. brute forces
  8. brute forcing
  9. brute strength
  10. brute-de-forge
  11. brute-fact

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