brunt
Chief blow's weight
Brunt is the principal force or impact of something unpleasant—the part that hits hardest.
It appears almost exclusively in the phrase bear the brunt: Coastal towns bore the brunt of the hurricane.
To bear the brunt is to absorb the worst of an attack, burden, or consequence while others are relatively spared.
force
Strength or compulsion
hit · strike · severity · weight · thrust · pressure · stress · strain · violence · intensity
load
Carried weight or burden
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- strainExcessive stretching force
stress · toll · cost · onus · responsibility · suffering · consequences · fallout · damage · harm