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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There were images of riots, burning cities and Black people brutalizing white people.
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James Bandler, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2025
That morning Laken was viciously attacked, assaulted, beaten, brutalized, and horrifically murdered.
—CBS News, 5 Mar. 2025
That morning, Laken was viciously attacked, assaulted, beaten, brutalized, and horrifically murdered.
—Time Staff, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Our heroes first find the eponymous Tin Man, for example, imprisoned in a metal sarcophagus, forced to watch video clips of his family being brutalized for decades.
—Emma Stefansky, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
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James Bandler, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2025
That morning Laken was viciously attacked, assaulted, beaten, brutalized, and horrifically murdered.
—CBS News, 5 Mar. 2025
That morning, Laken was viciously attacked, assaulted, beaten, brutalized, and horrifically murdered.
—Time Staff, TIME, 5 Mar. 2025
Our heroes first find the eponymous Tin Man, for example, imprisoned in a metal sarcophagus, forced to watch video clips of his family being brutalized for decades.
—Emma Stefansky, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
See All Example Sentences for brutalize
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“Brutalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brutalize. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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