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brutalized

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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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

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 • Nov. 6, 2025

And while the Cavs blitzed the Lakers from three early, it was their transition and interior defense that ended up getting most brutalized.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024

When, in the mid-20th century, President Dwight Eisenhower’s “mighty network of highways” spread its tentacles across the landscape, it brutalized nature.

From Slate • May 25, 2024

In the kitchen, she hacked at a chunk of ham with a knife and brutalized an onion.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez