brutalize (v.)

  1. treat brutally

    [ Syn: brutalise ]

  2. make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; Life in the camps had brutalized him

    [ Syn: brutalise , animalize , animalise ]

  3. become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling

    [ Syn: brutalise , animalize , animalise ]

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