brute force

alternative brute-force

1. uncountableA method of accomplishing something primarily by means of strength, without the use of great skill, mechanical aids or thought.

   We lifted the car by brute force.

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   Chloe pulled the leaflet out of Annabelle’s hand. There were some advantages to being the older sister; sometimes you could use brute force.

   2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

2. uncountablecomputerA method of computation wherein the computer is let to try all permutations of a problem until one is found that provides a solution, in contrast to the implementation of a more intelligent algorithm.

present singular third person brute forces · participle present brute forcing · participle past brute forced · past brute forced · alternative brute-force

1. transitiveTo 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. computingTo break a password, encryption, or any other protection mechanism by brute force.