brutalize
verb (used with object)
to make brutal.
have brutalized
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present perfectof brutalize.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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Back-to-back seasons of drought have brutalized farms that invariably lack access to irrigation.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
The clay that might have brutalized another nature had made him a mystic.
From The Spirit of Sweetwater by Hamlin Garland
