brutalize
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/ˈbruːtəlaɪz/
🇬🇧
/ˈbruːtəlaɪz/
verb
R
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.
R
To treat someone in a cruel or violent way.
The guards brutalized the prisoners, hitting them without mercy.
translation
To make someone unable to feel normal human emotions like sympathy for others who are suffering.; To treat someone in a cruel or violent way.
Word Forms
3rd Present
brutalizes
Past
brutalized
Perfect
brutalized
Progressive
brutalizing