brutalization
Americannoun
plural
brutalizationsExample Sentences
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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
His nine companions—they were examined in batches of ten in order to save time—did not have such good luck, but were condemned to repeat the year of brutalization.
From The Reign of Greed by Derbyshire, Charles E.
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