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Webster 1913 Edition
Brutalize
Bru′tal-ize
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Brutalized
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Brutalizing
.] [Cf. F.
brutaliser
.] To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman.
Bru′tal-ize
,Verb.
I.
To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty.
[R.]
He mixed . . . with his countrymen,
brutalized
with them in their habits and manners. Addison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Brutalize
BRU'TALIZE
,Verb.
T.
All cruel punishments brutalize the heart.
BRU'TALIZE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
brutalize
brutalize
English
Alternative forms
- brutalise (British)
Verb
brutalize (third-person singular simple present brutalizes, present participle brutalizing, simple past and past participle brutalized)
- Alternative spelling of brutalise
- 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
- The subconscious activities are not rationalized and humanized, they are in fact more brutalized than ever, inasmuch as under the aegis of military law and under the tacit understanding that necessity knows no law, there is no pity and no mercy in war.
- 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
Translations
brutalise — see brutalise