brutalize
verb
bru·tal·ize
ˈbrü-tᵊl-ˌīz 
brutalized; brutalizing
1
: to make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
temperaments brutalized by poverty and disease
2
: to treat brutally
an accord not to brutalize prisoners of war
Examples of brutalize in a Sentence
a young man brutalized by the experience of war
The prisoners claimed to have been brutalized by their captors.
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Then there’s Danaher, the worst of all, which has been brutalized by a lack of Chinese biotech offerings.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
Brewers reliever Trevor Megill took a pretty harsh stance on the new style of bats that were used to brutalize Milwaukee's pitching.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
The last time a Padres bullpen was brutalized like this over a five-game stretch was in 1977.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Here in Los Angeles, as in much of coastal California where the roads and highways are broken and brutalized due to overpopulation, a plush airbag suspension paired with this punchy hybrid powertrain would serve well, very well indeed.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
Brewers reliever Trevor Megill took a pretty harsh stance on the new style of bats that were used to brutalize Milwaukee's pitching.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
The last time a Padres bullpen was brutalized like this over a five-game stretch was in 1977.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Here in Los Angeles, as in much of coastal California where the roads and highways are broken and brutalized due to overpopulation, a plush airbag suspension paired with this punchy hybrid powertrain would serve well, very well indeed.
—Mark Ewing, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
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“Brutalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brutalize. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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