Meaning: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. Synonyms: barbarous; cruel; fell; savage; vicious; brutal; roughshod. Context examples: a barbarous crime / brutal beatings / cruel tortures / Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks / a savage slap / vicious kicks. Similar:
The film was extremely successful on release in 2001 and it helped establish DreamWorks as a prime competitor to Disney and Pixar in the field of feature film animation, particularly in computer animation.
Steven Spielberg (1946- ) is one of Hollywood's most influential and successful film directors and co-founder of DreamWorks SKG. Among his most popular and critically-acclaimed films are <strong>Jaws, E.T., The Color Purple, Raiders of the Lost Ark </strong>, and <strong> Jurassic Park </strong> ( <strong>Jaws </strong>was the first Hollywood blockbuster movie).