brutalize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb treat brutally
    brutalise.
  2. verb make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
    animalise; animalize; brutalise.
    • Life in the camps had brutalized him
  3. verb become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
    animalise; animalize; brutalise.

WordNet

Bru"tal*ize transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. brutaliser.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Brutalized present participle & verbal noun Brutalizing
Definitions
  1. To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman.
Bru"tal*ize intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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 1913