brutalises

bru·tal·ize (br

)

tr.v. bru·tal·ized, bru·tal·iz·ing, bru·tal·iz·es

1. To make cruel, harsh, or unfeeling.

2. To treat cruelly or harshly.

brutal·i·zation (-

-z

n) n.

brutalize, brutalise [ˈbruːtəˌlaɪz]

1. to make or become brutal

2. (tr) to treat brutally

brutalization , brutalisation n

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Verb	1.	brutalize - treat brutally brutalise do by, treat, handle - interact in a certain way; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently"
	2.	brutalize - make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him" animalise, animalize, brutalise alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	3.	brutalize - become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling animalise, animalize, brutalise change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"

brutalize

verb

1. dehumanize, corrupt, harden, degrade, toughen, desensitize, bestialize He was selfish, guarded, brutalized by his Civil War experiences.

2. terrorize, browbeat, vandalize, barbarize, threaten, bully, menace, intimidate, oppress The policemen brutalized him and concocted his confessions.

Translations

brutalize [ˈbruːtəlaɪz] VT → brutalizar

brutalize [ˈbruːtəlaɪz] brutalise (British) vt

(= harden) → rendre brutal(e)

(= ill-treat) → brutaliser

brutalize

vt → brutalisieren, verrohen lassen

brutalize [ˈbruːtəlaɪz] vt (harden) → abbrutire; (ill-treat) → brutalizzare

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My opposition to fox hunting is not confined to sympathy for the fox, as for the fact that it brutalises the hunters and their children.

Oppose cruelty... and blame owners; THE BIG ISSUE by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)

The people of South Sudan will follow and support a government that offers them physical security, the rule of law and good services as well and not a government that only brutalises them, as the SPLM has shown over the last four years.

Kenana forum of Southern leaders slams record of SPLM rule by Sudan Tribune (Sudan)

At Haifa University on January 6, hundreds of Israeli Border Police -- the Israeli security force that regularly brutalises Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories -- stormed the campus, attacked students, arresting 15 anti-war student activists [5].

Gaza: Propaganda Does Nothing for Peace, Indeed by The Palestine Chronicle (Mountlake Terrace, WA)

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