Brutes violently wrestle with trio (11)

I believe the answer is:

rottweilers

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'brutes' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both animals as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'violently wrestle with trio' is the wordplay.
'violently' is an anagram indicator (letters are violently disrupted).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'wrestle' after 'trio' is 'triowrestle'.
'triowrestle' anagrammed gives 'ROTTWEILERS'.

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