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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Scared for the victims and their families who were stalked and brutalized in the most vicious way.
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Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
Amiri Baraka was arrested the night after Smith, for illegally possessing weapons, and he was brutalized, too.
—Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
In 1972, Chicago was still fresh in the mind as the site of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, where cops brutalized protesters.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2024
Now that the Russian brigade has a reputation for brutalizing prisoners, any Ukrainian troops the brigade overruns are likely to fight to the death.
—David Axe, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
Amiri Baraka was arrested the night after Smith, for illegally possessing weapons, and he was brutalized, too.
—Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
In 1972, Chicago was still fresh in the mind as the site of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, where cops brutalized protesters.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Sep. 2024
Now that the Russian brigade has a reputation for brutalizing prisoners, any Ukrainian troops the brigade overruns are likely to fight to the death.
—David Axe, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Brutalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brutalize. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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