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- Dictionarybrutalize/ˈbruːtəlʌɪz/
verb
- 1. make (someone) cruel, violent, or insensitive to the pain of others by repeated exposure to violence: "he had been brutalized in prison and become cynical" Similar
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to act cruelly and violently toward someone: As a society we brutalize ourselves when we hurt our own members. (Definition of brutalize from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of brutalize? Translations of brutalize. in Chinese (Traditional) 殘忍對待…
1. : to make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman. temperaments brutalized by poverty and disease. 2. : to treat brutally. an accord not to brutalize prisoners of war. brutalization. ˌbrü-tᵊl-ə-ˈzā-shən. noun. Synonyms. animalize. bestialize. dehumanize. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of brutalize in a Sentence.
brutalize somebody to treat somebody in a cruel or violent way. The prisoners were brutalized and deprived of basic rights. See brutalize in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
Definition of 'brutalize' brutalize. (bruːtəlaɪz ) Word forms: brutalizes , brutalizing , brutalized regional note: in BRIT, also use brutalise. 1. verb. If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent. He was brutalized by the experience of being in prison. [be VERB -ed] 2. verb.
Brutalize definition: to make brutal. . See examples of BRUTALIZE used in a sentence.
bru·tal·ize. (bro͞ot′l-īz′) 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. bru′tal·i·za′tion (-ĭ-zā′shən) n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definitions of brutalize. verb. treat brutally. synonyms: brutalise. see more. verb. make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman. “Life in the camps had brutalized him”. synonyms: animalise, animalize, brutalise.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English bru‧tal‧ize (also brutalise British English) /ˈbruːtəl-aɪz/ verb [transitive] 1 to affect someone so badly that they lose their normal human feelings He was brutalized by his experiences in jail. 2 to treat someone in a cruel or violent way Demonstrators claimed they had been brutalized by police o...
What does the verb brutalize mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb brutalize. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised. See meaning & use.
BRUTALIZE meaning: 1 : to cause (someone) to lose ordinary human kindness or feelings; 2 : to treat (someone) in a very harsh and usually violent way.
