'Brutalize' definitions:

Definition of 'brutalize'

From: WordNet
verb
Treat brutally [syn: brutalize, brutalise]
verb
Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him" [syn: brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise]
verb
Become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling [syn: brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise]

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]