brutalize
verb (used with object)
to make brutal.
is brutalizing
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present progressiveof brutalize (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Win Butler is brutalizing O’Shea Jackson Jr. in the low post.
From The Verge ● Feb. 15, 2016
"It's no great secret; I think it is essential for Britain to play its part in the fight against this hideous extremism that is brutalizing the lives of so many people," Blair said.
From US News ● Nov. 13, 2015
In every institution where the discredited principles of "Restraint" are used or tolerated, the very atmosphere is brutalizing.
From A Mind That Found Itself An Autobiography by Clifford Whittingham Beers
It would seem so; and so I say that we must overturn the system that is brutalizing, rather than helping and uplifting mankind.
From 100%: the Story of a Patriot by Upton Sinclair
