brutalize
verb (used with object)
to make brutal.
brutalise
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a variation of
brutalize.
Example Sentences
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The penal code was perfected into a system accurately described by Burke as most perfectly fitted to degrade and brutalise the human spirit.
From The New Irish Constitution by J. H. Morgan
Others might brutalise or neglect the native speech, that true "open field" for charm and sway over men.
From Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1 by Walter Pater
God forbid, thought I, that I should brutalise this innocent creature; let her go at her own pace, and let me patiently follow.
From Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes by Robert Louis Stevenson
Women may avoid it because they know they are unable to sustain it, because they know it does brutalise them.
From The Hearts of Men by H. (Harold) Fielding
Is the net tendency of machinery to make labour more monotonous or less, to educate the worker or to brutalise him?
From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by J. A. (John Atkinson) Hobson
