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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They were both tortured and brutalized – with Costilla suffering 25 post-mortem stab wounds, according to prosecutors.
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Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 13 June 2024
There are other senior generals whom Mr. Khan has variously accused of brutalizing his supporters, dismantling his government, and, in the case of Gen. Faisal Naseer, of planning his assassination.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2024
Caribbean Payback Caribbean nations are now determined to seek reparations from western European governments for centuries of slave trading and brutalizing colonial rule.
—William F. Wechsler, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
After she was found in the lot the following day, investigators determined that Julia had been dumped there after being brutalized somewhere else.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 2 June 2024
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Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 13 June 2024
There are other senior generals whom Mr. Khan has variously accused of brutalizing his supporters, dismantling his government, and, in the case of Gen. Faisal Naseer, of planning his assassination.
—Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 June 2024
Caribbean Payback Caribbean nations are now determined to seek reparations from western European governments for centuries of slave trading and brutalizing colonial rule.
—William F. Wechsler, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024
After she was found in the lot the following day, investigators determined that Julia had been dumped there after being brutalized somewhere else.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 2 June 2024
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“Brutalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brutalize. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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