cruel vs head-on

cruel

adj
  • Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless. 

  • Cool; awesome; neat. 

  • Harsh; severe. 

verb
  • To violently provoke (a child) in the belief that this will make them more assertive. 

  • To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success) 

adv
  • To a great degree; terribly. 

head-on

adj
  • Direct, abrupt, blunt or unequivocal; not prevaricating. 

  • Of a collision, from the front or in the direction of motion. 

noun
  • A collision from the front. 

adv
  • With the front of a vehicle. 

  • With direct confrontation. 

How often have the words cruel and head-on occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )