brutalization

American  

[broot-uhl-uhz-ay-shuhn, broot-uhl-ahyz-] / ˌbrut əl əzˈeɪ ʃən, ˌbrut əl aɪz- /

noun

plural

brutalizations

1. the act or process of making or becoming brutal, inhumane, or coarse.

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Example Sentences

Those Black people who survived the living hell of the Middle Passage and then centuries of enslavement and brutalization were not an undifferentiated mass of brutes as conceptualized by the white popular imagination.

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2023

The art, often stark but occasionally playful, addresses what Rosso calls “terricide”: brutalization of the Earth, women and Indigenous people, and cultures.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2021

Eloquent, brilliant and angry, this fierce analysis of “race” and the brutalization of the black body from the founding of America to this day is eye-opening, disturbing and incredibly important.

From New York Times • May 25, 2017

“In order to have a society in which public issues can be openly and vigorously debated,” Alito wrote, “it is not necessary to allow the brutalization of innocent victims.”

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2014

"The United States to-day," said Miss Field, "is responsible for thirty years' growth of polygamy, with its attendant degradation of woman and brutalization of man."

From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 by Various