brutalize

[broot-l-ahyz]

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

to make brutal.
to treat (someone) with brutality.

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

Historical Examples of brutalization

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

British Dictionary definitions for brutalization

brutalize

brutalise

verb

to make or become brutal
(tr) to treat brutally

Derived Formsbrutalization or brutalisation, noun

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