Definitions for brutalize
ˈbrut lˌaɪzbru·tal·ize

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. brutalize, brutaliseverb

   treat brutally

2. brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animaliseverb

   make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman

   "Life in the camps had brutalized him"

3. brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animaliseverb

   become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Brutalizeverb

   To make brutal or savage.

2. To Brutalizeverb

   To grow brutal or savage.

   Etymology: brutaliser, Fr.

   Upon being carried to the Cape of Good Hope, he mixed, in a kind of transport, with his countrymen, brutalized with them in their habit and manners, and would never again return to his foreign acquaintance. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.

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1. brutalize

   To brutalize is to treat someone in a cruel, violent or inhumane manner. It can also refer to the process of making someone cruel, inhumane, or brutish through repeated exposure to violence or other brutal behavior.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brutalizeverb

   to make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman

2. Brutalizeverb

   to become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty

Matched Categories

1. • Treat

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of brutalize in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of brutalize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of brutalize in a Sentence

1. Lee Gelernt:

   The statute doesn't have an immigration status exception and the federal government often settles lawsuits whether person is a citizen or non-citizen, harm is harm. And Congress is clear you can't brutalize someone and then say,' Well, they were here illegally.' The fact is these were asylum seekers.

2. Thomas Paine:

   Whenever we read the obscene stories, voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortous executions, the unrelenting vindictivenes, with which more than half the Bible is filled, it would be more consistant that we called it the word of a Demon than the word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind, and, for my part, I sincerly detest it as I detest everything that is cruel.

3. Reed Brody:

   The verdict sends a powerful message that the days when tyrants could brutalize their people, pillage their treasury and escape abroad to a life of luxury are coming to an end.

4. Thomas Paine, "The Age of Reason":

   Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and torturous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness, with which more than half the bible is filled, it would seem more consistent that we called it the word of a demon than the Word of God. It is a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalize mankind.

5. Reed Brody:

   Habre's conviction for these horrific crimes after 25 years is a huge victory for his Chadian victims, the verdict sends a powerful message that the days when tyrants could brutalize their people, pillage their treasury and escape abroad to a life of luxury are coming to an end.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=brutalize
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=brutalize
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brutalize
5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=brutalize