brutalize

bru·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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brussen, brut, brutal, brutalism, brutality, brutalize, brute, brute force, brute-force attack, brutify, brutish

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How to use brutalize in a sentence

The warlords often brutalized Afghan civilians, including women and children.
Pre-war U.S. support for Afghan women’s rights offers a blueprint for the future|Kelly Shannon|August 24, 2021|Washington Post
Then, like now, the Taliban were rapidly gaining ground amid a brutal civil war, capturing cities, brutalizing enemies and marching toward Kabul.
Butterfly Effect: Why Taliban 2.0 Is More Dangerous|Charu Kasturi|August 12, 2021|Ozy
Gobert might not be able to brutalize Morris or Batum in the post — that’s just not his game.
Nobody Shuts Down The Paint Like The Jazz. But What If The Clippers Don’t Need To Go There?|Jared Dubin|June 8, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Fans have seen him brutalize opponents with this play over and over.
Rafael Nadal Dominates The Third Shot Of A Point|Amy Lundy|June 7, 2021|FiveThirtyEight

And, of course, it’s arriving in summer 2021 — a time when, in America at least, it’s starting to feel like the days of an isolating, brutalizing pandemic are waning.
The long-awaited In the Heights movie is electrifying and perfectly timed|Alissa Wilkinson|May 21, 2021|Vox
I heard that your fight back caused them to get more violent and brutalize you further.
To the Woman Warrior I Didn't Know|Monsoon Bissell|January 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They run the economy, own major industries, and brutalize their foes—and Khamenei almost never contradicts them.
The Thugs Who Lead Iran's Supreme Leader|Gary Sick|June 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
His countenance showed marks of dissipation, for he was a heavy drinker, and this served to further brutalize his nature.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
The cursings and obscenities that taint the air and brutalize life elsewhere, were in this quaint old settlement unknown.
The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists|George Bryce
Instead of softening his nature, this intelligence seemed only to harden and brutalize it.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850.|Various
Human nature is everywhere much the same: cruel spectacles brutalize, whether in Spain or on a negro-plantation.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, October, 1877, Vol. XX. No. 118|Various
It has a natural, an inevitable tendency to brutalize every noble faculty of man.
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass|Frederick Douglass

British Dictionary definitions for brutalize

brutalize

brutalise

/ (ˈbruːtəˌlaɪz) /

verb

to make or become brutal

(tr) to treat brutally

Derived forms of brutalize

brutalization or brutalisation, noun

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brutalise

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