brutalize

[ broot-l-ahyz ]

/ ˈbrut lˌaɪz /

verb (used with object), bru·tal·ized, bru·tal·iz·ing.

to make brutal.

to treat (someone) with brutality.

Nearby words

Also especially British, bru·tal·ise.

Origin of brutalize

First recorded in 1695–1705; brutal + -ize

Related formsbru·tal·i·za·tion, nouno·ver·bru·tal·i·za·tion, nouno·ver·bru·tal·ize, verb (used with object), o·ver·bru·tal·ized, o·ver·bru·tal·iz·ing.un·bru·tal·ize, verb (used with object), un·bru·tal·ized, un·bru·tal·iz·ing.

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Examples from the Web for brutalization

Brutalization of the Malayan Filipino has been demonstrated to be impossible.
The Philippines A Century Hence|Jose Rizal
The increasing demoralization and brutalization of the young that is being discussed so much, is partly due to these conditions.
Woman and Socialism|August Bebel
The very existence of slavery requires and demands the brutalization of the governing power that upholds it.
Continental Monthly, Vol. II. July, 1862. No. 1.|Various
Divinization of brutalization, is fate of three men in us, vi.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4|Plotinos (Plotinus)

Brutalization or divinization is fate of three men in us, vi.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4|Plotinos (Plotinus)

British Dictionary definitions for brutalization

brutalize

brutalise

/ (ˈbruːtəˌlaɪz) /

verb

to make or become brutal

(tr) to treat brutally

Derived Formsbrutalization or brutalisation, noun

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