brutalize
1. [ verb ] make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
Synonyms: animalise animalize brutalise
Examples:

"Life in the camps had brutalized him"

Related terms: change brutalization
2. [ verb ] treat brutally
Synonyms: brutalise
Related terms: treat brutalisation brutalisation
3. [ verb ] become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
Synonyms: animalise animalize brutalise
Related terms: change brutalization
Similar spelling:   brutal
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