Definition of brunts:
(n) :
The full adverse effects; the chief consequences or negative results of a thing or event.
(n) :
The force or shock of an attack in war.
(n) :
The major part of something; the bulk.
(n) :
(obsolete, by extension) A sudden harmful onset or attack (of disease, unbelief, persecution, etc.).
(v) :
(transitive, rare) To bear the brunt of; to weather or withstand.
(n) :
(obsolete) A violent attack or charge in battle.