brutalize
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brutalizing, present participle; brutalised, past participle; brutalized, past participle; brutalized, past tense; brutalising, present participle; brutalizes, 3rd person singular present; brutalises, 3rd person singular present; brutalised, past tense;
/ˈbro͞otlˌīz/,
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brutalizing, present participle; brutalised, past participle; brutalized, past participle; brutalized, past tense; brutalising, present participle; brutalizes, 3rd person singular present; brutalises, 3rd person singular present; brutalised, past tense;
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Attack (someone) in a savage and violent way
- - they brutalize and torture persons in their custody
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Desensitize (someone) to the pain or suffering of others by exposing them to violent behavior or situations
- - he had been brutalized in prison and became cynical
- - the brutalizing effects of warfare
Web Definitions:
- treat brutally
- make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him"
- become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
- (brutalization) the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner
- (brutalization) the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously
- (brutalization) an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
- (brutalization) The act or process of making brutal; An instance of being brutalized