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brutalize |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brutalize \Bru"tal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brutalized}; p. pr & vb n. {Brutalizing}.] [Cf. F. brutaliser.] To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Brutalize \Bru"tal*ize\, v. i. To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty. [R.] He mixed . . . with his countrymen, brutalized with them in their habits and manners. --Addison. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: brutalize v 1: treat brutally [syn: {brutalise}] 2: make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him" [syn: {brutalise}] 3: become brutal [syn: {brutalise}]
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