verb
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to make or become brutal
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(tr) to treat brutally
Other Word Forms
- brutalization noun
- overbrutalization noun
- overbrutalize verb (used with object)
- unbrutalize verb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of brutalize
Example Sentences
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“This festival is intended to lift up our ancestors that came to this country in bondage, terrorized, brutalized,” Ludlow said outside City Hall on Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times
This is not the first time I have encountered a situation where the hapless staff find themselves brutalized by loud, idiotic, or culturally discordant music.
This is about as much of a review of “All’s Fair” worth venturing at this point, since pretty much every critic has brutalized the show.
From Salon
“I wanted that humanity because the real Guiteau was a deeply disturbed man who was psychologically brutalized by his father to the point he was a non-functioning person.”
From Los Angeles Times
In Los Angeles, the sun was rising over neighborhoods brutalized by flames.
From Los Angeles Times
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