brutify

British

/ ˈbruːtɪˌfaɪ /

verb

a less common word for brutalize

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Hosses warn't given to us, Doctor, to ride steeple-chases, or run races, or brutify a man, but to add new powers and lend new speed to him.

From Nature and Human Nature by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

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