'Brutalize' definitions:
Definition of 'brutalize'
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Definition of 'Brutalize'
From: GCIDE
- Brutalize \Bru"tal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brutalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Brutalizing.] [Cf. F. brutaliser.] To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Brutalize'
From: GCIDE
- Brutalize \Bru"tal*ize\, v. i. To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- He mixed . . . with his countrymen, brutalized with them in their habits and manners. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'brutalize'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- assault,
- attack,
- barbarize,
- bastardize,
- batter,
- burn,
- butcher,
- callous,
- carry on,
- case harden,
- corrupt,
- debauch,
- demoralize,
- deprave,
- destroy,
- go on,
- hammer,
- harden,
- indurate,
- inure,
- lay waste,
- loot,
- maul,
- mug,
- ossify,
- pervert,
- pillage,
- rage,
- ramp,
- rampage,
- rant,
- rape,
- rave,
- riot,
- roar,
- ruin,
- sack,
- savage,
- slaughter,
- sow chaos,
- steel,
- storm,
- tear,
- tear around,
- terrorize,
- vandalize,
- violate,
- vitiate,
- warp,
- wreck