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bru·tal·ize
(bro͞ot′l-īz′)tr.v. bru·tal·ized, bru·tal·iz·ing, bru·tal·iz·es
1. To make cruel, harsh, or unfeeling.
2. To treat cruelly or harshly.
bru′tal·i·za′tion (-ĭ-zā′shən) n.
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brutalize
(ˈbruːtəˌlaɪz) orbrutalise
vb
1. to make or become brutal
2. (tr) to treat brutally
ˌbrutaliˈzation, ˌbrutaliˈsation n
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bru•tal•ize
(ˈbrut lˌaɪz)v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.
1. to make brutal.
2. to treat (someone) with brutality.
[1695–1705]
bru`tal•i•za′tion, n.
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brutalize
Past participle: brutalized
Gerund: brutalizing
| Imperative |
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| brutalize |
| brutalize |
| Present |
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| I brutalize |
| you brutalize |
| he/she/it brutalizes |
| we brutalize |
| you brutalize |
| they brutalize |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I brutalized |
| you brutalized |
| he/she/it brutalized |
| we brutalized |
| you brutalized |
| they brutalized |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am brutalizing |
| you are brutalizing |
| he/she/it is brutalizing |
| we are brutalizing |
| you are brutalizing |
| they are brutalizing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have brutalized |
| you have brutalized |
| he/she/it has brutalized |
| we have brutalized |
| you have brutalized |
| they have brutalized |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was brutalizing |
| you were brutalizing |
| he/she/it was brutalizing |
| we were brutalizing |
| you were brutalizing |
| they were brutalizing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had brutalized |
| you had brutalized |
| he/she/it had brutalized |
| we had brutalized |
| you had brutalized |
| they had brutalized |
| Future |
|---|
| I will brutalize |
| you will brutalize |
| he/she/it will brutalize |
| we will brutalize |
| you will brutalize |
| they will brutalize |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have brutalized |
| you will have brutalized |
| he/she/it will have brutalized |
| we will have brutalized |
| you will have brutalized |
| they will have brutalized |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be brutalizing |
| you will be brutalizing |
| he/she/it will be brutalizing |
| we will be brutalizing |
| you will be brutalizing |
| they will be brutalizing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been brutalizing |
| you have been brutalizing |
| he/she/it has been brutalizing |
| we have been brutalizing |
| you have been brutalizing |
| they have been brutalizing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been brutalizing |
| you will have been brutalizing |
| he/she/it will have been brutalizing |
| we will have been brutalizing |
| you will have been brutalizing |
| they will have been brutalizing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been brutalizing |
| you had been brutalizing |
| he/she/it had been brutalizing |
| we had been brutalizing |
| you had been brutalizing |
| they had been brutalizing |
| Conditional |
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| I would brutalize |
| you would brutalize |
| he/she/it would brutalize |
| we would brutalize |
| you would brutalize |
| they would brutalize |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have brutalized |
| you would have brutalized |
| he/she/it would have brutalized |
| we would have brutalized |
| you would have brutalized |
| they would have brutalized |
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Verb 1. brutalize - treat brutally
2. brutalize - make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him"
3. brutalize - become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
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brutalize
verb
1. dehumanize, corrupt, harden, degrade, toughen, desensitize, bestialize He was selfish, guarded, brutalized by his Civil War experiences.
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brutalize
verbTo ruin utterly in character or quality:
animalize, bastardize, bestialize, canker, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralize, deprave, pervert, stain, vitiate, warp.
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Translations
brutalisere
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brutalize
vt → brutalisieren, verrohen lassen
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