brutalize
verb (used with object)
to make brutal.
has brutalized
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present perfectof brutalize (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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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
They’re a team that has brutalized the Padres’ Game 1 starter, Mike Clevinger, who was 0-2 with a 9.69 earned-run average against them in three regular-season starts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
The next article I read, two pages over, was “In Houston, the ‘hottest weather I’ve ever seen’ has brutalized its residents.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has brutalized so many, but it’s been particularly hard on working mothers, hasn’t it?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2020
She may be an ignorant creature, degraded by the system that has brutalized her from childhood; but she has a mother's instincts, and is capable of feeling a mother's agonies.
From Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself by Harriet Ann Jacobs
