brutalization Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner
    brutalisation.
  2. noun the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously
    brutalisation.
  3. noun an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
    brutalisation; animalisation; animalization.

WordNet


Bru`tal*i*za"tion noun
Definitions
  1. The act or process of making brutal; state of being brutalized.

Webster 1913