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How to pronounce brutalize in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms animalise, animalize, brutalise
Type of change
Derivation brutal, brutalization
Type Words
Synonyms animalise, animalize, brutalise
Type of change, modify, alter
Derivation brutal, brutalization


Life in the camps had brutalized him.
Type Words
Synonyms brutalise
Type of do by, handle, treat
Derivation brutalization

Examples of brutalize

brutalize
That's what they said last time they decided to brutalize Gaza, and here we are again.
From the economist.com
I refuse to brutalize other species in order to have a cheap hamburger.
From the post-gazette.com
Arrest them and feel free to brutalize them a little while you are at it.
From the guardian.co.uk
Soon the PacMan, as he is called, slipped away from Cotto and started to brutalize the man.
From the theatlantic.com
We rob the red man, brutalize the black man, and oppress our women.
From the denverpost.com
How the Judge would allow this monster to continue to brutalize these women is amazing to me.
From the orlandosentinel.com
But please don't, on our behalf, round people up and brutalize them.
From the cnn.com
The Partisans proceeded to brutalize the POWs in what became known as the Bleiburg massacres.
From the en.wikipedia.org
I have a totally mom-type reaction to seeing all those strapping young men brutalize each other.
From the orlandosentinel.com
More examples
  • Treat brutally
  • Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him"
  • Become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
  • (brutalization) the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner
  • (brutalization) the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously
  • (brutalization) an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
  • (brutalization) The act or process of making brutal; An instance of being brutalized