brutalize
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/ˈbruːtəlaɪz/
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/ˈbruːtəlaɪz/
To make someone unable to feel normal human emotions like sympathy for others who are suffering.
The war brutalized the soldiers, making them hard and unfeeling.
전쟁으로 인해 병사들은 냉혹하고 무정해졌습니다.
To treat someone in a cruel or violent way.
The guards brutalized the prisoners, hitting them without mercy.
경비원들이 가책 없이 수감자를 때려서 그들을 잔인하게 대했습니다.