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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Brutalize

/bro͞ot'-əl-īzˌ/ · Bru·tal·ize · IPA /ˈbɹutəlaɪz/
01 v. t. To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman.
imp. & p. p. Brutalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Brutalizing
  1. 1.
    To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman.
02 v. i. To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty.
  1. 1.
    To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty.[R.]
    “He mixed . . . with his countrymen, brutalized with them in their habits and manners.” Addison.