The phrase 'brutal enemy' is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
Example: Despite their best efforts, the soldiers were unable to defeat their brutal enemy, who seemed to show no mercy in the battle.
What about fighting mano y mano against a "brutal" enemy?
No one is denying that it has a brutal enemy to fight.
We become an archipelago of grief, connected not by a flag but by a common and brutal enemy.
Consider a war we fought in the past against a brutal enemy that tortured and killed prisoners, executed civilians, and engaged in a number of atrocities.
We need tenderness not just against the brutal enemy from outside our borders, but for ourselves, caught in a web of fear and violence.
"The U.S. is a brutal enemy," a guerrilla leader known as Richard told a dozen rebels during a class about the invasion of Iraq.
"When Americans, who are serving in your country at great cost — in terms of life and treasure — hear themselves compared with occupiers, told that they are only here to advance their own interest and likened to the brutal enemies of the Afghan people," the ambassador said, "my people, in turn, are filled with confusion and grow weary of our effort here".
Shadow of War, the sequel to the much-beloved Shadow of Mordor, is a single-player game rooted in the strength of its Nemesis System, a complex gameplay mechanic that allows you to control and command various Orcs who get stronger the more you fight them, learn your strengths and weaknesses, and can be invaluable assets or brutal enemies throughout the game.
A gory satire about former college friends turned brutal enemies might be the goofiest offering at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Having been nominated, Mendy may join his elder sister Chana, who has now volunteered for two years of army service in Israel -- training male soldiers for combat -- to help an embattled democracy survive against brutal enemies.
He talked not only about why Americans are at war - "the terrorists are as brutal an enemy as we've ever faced, unconstrained by any notion of our common humanity or by the rules of warfare" - something he has mentioned in almost every speech, but turned on his critics more directly than he usually does.
