[Volunteer]

I am reminded of reading a draft of a dissertation. The candidate had written that a person was, "brutally murdered."

I asked, "would you please explain how a murder could not be brutal?" She fixed it.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

(bad pun coming)

Death by dachshund.

Wiggling furry plump wiener dogs
Tails tick-tocking in the air
Twice as many flopping ears as tongues
There were dachsies everywhere.

It would not be brutal.

It would be doggerel.

[rmlew]

There are plenty of ways to murder someone in a non-brutal fashion. Carbon monoxide poisoning or putting barbituates in alcohol come to mind.
Bludgeoning a person to death would be quite brutal.