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Verb
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To make or become brutal
dehumaniseUK
dehumanizeUS
harden
desensitiseUK
desensitizeUS
bestialize
toughen
animalize
corrupt
degrade
case-harden
inure
coarsen
debase
debauch
demoraliseUK
demoralizeUS
deprave
pervert
vitiate
warp
make callous
make unfeeling
bastardizeUS
bastardiseUK
poison
demean
subvert
cheapen
abase
lower the status of
bring shame to
cut down to size
put down
take down a peg
cut down
cast down
brutaliseUK
denigrate
defame
downgrade
slur
slander
embarrass
malign
stigmatizeUS
vilify
bring into disrepute
stigmatiseUK
libel
befoul
calumniate
deride
asperse
minimizeUS
crush
knock
rubbish
bad-mouth
drag through the mire
bring shame on
deflate
besmear
slag off
censure
traduce
abash
minimiseUK
reproach
give a bad name
rip
bring down
do a hatchet job on
give a black eye
break
spot
scandalizeUS
speak ill of
blotch
disrespect
subdue
desecrate
attack
undervalue
scandaliseUK
reflect badly on
bring low
demote
bring shame upon
discount
squash
ridicule
trash
deprecate
dismiss
dump on
breathe on
show up
discomfit
tar and feather
mock
make someone eat crow
take down a peg or two
own
revile
put someone in their place
rip up and down
do a number on
sling mud at
assail
muckrake
blister
detract from
trivializeUS
cast aspersions on
play down
deface
put to shame
downplay
show in a bad light
scorn
make someone eat humble pie
quash
minify
cast a slur on
spread scandal about
fling mud at
run smear campaign
chagrin
snub
diss
dis
vilipend
trivialiseUK
trash-talk
poor-mouth
insult
roast
put in a bad light
stoop
cry down
make a fool of
write off
give a bad name to
hurt
descend
blacken the name of
cripple
depress
embitter
underrate
despoil
devaluate
waste
criticizeUS
marginalizeUS
outrage
blaspheme
slate
confound
flatten
scorch
pooh-pooh
criticiseUK
marginaliseUK
impugn
pull down
bring dishonour to
pour scorn on
sneer at
cause to lose face
mark down
pull apart
influence
take to pieces
kiss off
talk down
have a go at
treat with disrespect
cut to the quick
make ashamed
settle someone's hash
cow
disfigure
decrease
misuse
underestimate
bust
vanquish
enfeeble
condemn
attenuate
overcome
understate
sell out
manipulate
envenom
sap
compromise
tame
drop
squelch
treat lightly
annoy
disrate
dispraise
bash
affront
ravage
upset
laugh off
laugh at
attaint
slight
misprize
disfavourUK
disfavorUS
expose
vandalizeUS
scoff at
discountenance
do down
disconsider
be untrue to oneself
confuse
disoblige
hold cheap
hit out at
pick holes in
treat sacrilegiously
flame
vandaliseUK
commit sacrilege
make light of
disconcert
reflect negatively
curse
vituperate
reflect on
reduce the status of
speak badly of
pull to pieces
have the last laugh on
cast in a bad light
make lose face
damage the reputation of
harm the reputation of
get the better of
muddy the reputation of
take the wind out of someone's sails
blacken the reputation of
condescend
deign
bias
twist
misapply
colourUK
unsettle
misemploy
crawl
alloy
bend
skew
sour
squander
sell
sacrifice
subjugate
lower in rank
reduce in value
discolourUK
flaw
discolorUS
jaundice
badmouth
lower in status
subordinate
devalorize
brand
reduce in quality
wreck
dirty
endamage
rot
demolish
relegate
turn
disdain
lower someone's status
lower someone's dignity
blackguard
blast
disable
debilitate
curb
bloody
crab
speckle
inflict
consume
rust
criticize unfairly
rap
sneer
deform
undercut
sabotage
destabilizeUS
cast a slur
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
sling mud
soften
discipline
restrain
let down
take apart
colorUS
cut
corrode
spread lies about
silence
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
decline
fall
set back
revert
blame
afflict
check
repress
strike dumb
put away
blacken the character of
bad mouth
give black eye
sully the reputation of
throw mud at
rip up
put hooks in
tear into
dispirit
defeat
reduce to the ranks
kick downstairs
cross up
pop one's balloon
put one away
make eat dirt
offend
ulcer
sore
scourge
take to bits
provoke
make one feel small
bring down a peg
lose value
render worthless
beat down
overwhelm
smash
overpower
nose dive
set a bad example
destabiliseUK
succumb
aggravate
axeUK
slash
force to eat humble pie
wound
puncture
shoot
disesteem
bring into disfavour
incapacitate
suppress
hoodoo
swear
vice
cuss
voodoo
darn
tar
axUS
dip
slow
put in your place
waste away
taunt
frown upon
blow up
abandon one's principles
impoverish
extinguish
keep down
slap
bring to naught
alter
disappoint
tease
write down
lower oneself
debase oneself
debase yourself
demean yourself
lower yourself
be reduced
demean oneself
poke full of holes
knock bottom out of
do wrong
be evil
talk dirty
commit sin
rout
enervate
damage someone's reputation
destroy someone's credibility
take rug out from under
blacken someone's name
lace
falsify
be reduced to
put double whammy on
devastate
depredate
sack
pillage
devour
desolate
spoliate
faze
fluster
rattle
displease
nonplus
vex
irritate
doctor
putrefy
cook
blaspheme against
horrify
appalUK
sledge
miscall
bring to ruin
cause instability
slang
gird
jeer
scoff
mess up
appallUS
put someone to shame
get one's comeuppance
take the wind out
harass
worry
disregard
be rude to
give offence to
call names
step on one's toes
cause offence to
cut dead
hurt someone's feelings
treat disrespectfully
throw shade
call someone names
lay waste to
commit sacrilege against
bring someone to their knees
interfere with
wither
lose face
tinker with
fiddle with
make impure
tamper with
cause to feel small
put out of countenance
poor mouth
pooh pooh
sour grapes
take a swipe at
shoot full of holes
more ❯
“It does have an impact and has helped brutalize and degrade American life.”
Verb
▲
To inflict emotional or physical harm or distress upon
abuse
ill-treat
maltreat
mistreat
bully
ill-use
manhandle
mishandle
misuse
kick around
mess over
harm
hurt
torment
injure
maul
knock about
treat badly
knock around
molest
beat
handle roughly
rough up
beat up
hit
persecute
strike
damage
do over
oppress
brutaliseUK
do an injustice to
insult
violate
dishonourUK
attack
dishonorUS
offend against
take advantage of
put down
do the dirty on
be detrimental to
do an injury to
manipulate
humiliate
spite
work over
bash up
duff up
beat up on
beat the living daylights out of
thrash
antagonizeUS
provoke
belittle
mock
taunt
abase
aggravate
deride
harrow
martyrize
antagoniseUK
impose on
martyr
rape
step on the toes of
assail
malign
misrepresent
grope
ravish
give no quarter
go for jugular
lay a bad trip on
hit where one lives
defame
sexually abuse
fondle
sexually assault
vilify
slander
cheat
impugn
denigrate
libel
discredit
touch up
feel up
offend
trespass
aggrieve
bloody
do wrong to
do injury to
do a disservice to
bad mouth
do violence to
anguish
traumatiseUK
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
disserve
trample on
traumatizeUS
cause injury to
cause pain to
agoniseUK
incommode
pick on
inconvenience
lash out at
discommode
lay a finger on
agonizeUS
cross up
impose upon
sin against
kick in the teeth
more ❯
Verb
▲
To treat (someone) in a savage and violent way
abuse
assault
attack
beat
batter
pound
pummelledUK
pummelUS
thrash
thump
hit
buffet
lash
bash
strike
wallop
belt
belabourUK
deck
clobber
lick
pelt
maul
flog
punch
smash
knock
bang
smack
smite
brutaliseUK
mistreat
manhandle
harm
injure
rap
slap
molest
tap
hurt
crack
cuff
flail
flagellate
chin
slug
swat
box
ill-treat
paste
roughhouse
bash up
wound
duff up
beat up on
flay
cane
beat to a pulp
ram
lam
spank
chastise
drum
mash
mishandle
claw
fill in
savage
clap
scratch
tear
mangulate
trample
skin
mug
muscle
clean
wax
nail
zap
thud
clip
tag
clock
bob
bust
bonk
slap around
handle roughly
tear to pieces
fell
KO
flatten
level
total
floor
lean on
break face
let have it
take care of
put in the hospital
damage
scathe
traumatizeUS
impair
crush
tarnish
mar
vandalizeUS
vitiate
spoil
blemish
ruin
deform
wrench
annoy
traumatiseUK
vandaliseUK
more ❯
“They promised not to harm them, not to torture or brutalize them with taser guns.”
Verb
▲
To inflict, or threaten to inflict, physical or emotional harm to
barbarize
browbeat
terroriseUK
terrorizeUS
threaten
vandaliseUK
vandalizeUS
bully
intimidate
menace
oppress
mistreat
torment
tyrannizeUS
hound
scare
subjugate
tyrranize
maltreat
distress
domineer
persecute
aggrieve
overbear
cow
dominate
victimizeUS
abuse
harry
harass
more ❯
“The policemen brutalized him and concocted his confessions.”
Verb
▲
Cause great mental suffering to
nail to a cross
crucify
burn at the stake
excrutiate
hang
martyrize
persecute
put on the rack
put to death
torture
torment
afflict
rack
distress
agonizeUS
harrow
plague
pain
trouble
worry
beset
excruciate
besiege
anguish
bedevil
curse
mortify
annoy
mutilate
smite
more ❯
Verb
▲
To physically attack ferociously and wound
savage
maul
attack
mangle
bite
brutaliseUK
claw
lacerate
mangulate
mutilate
tear
jump
tear to pieces
molest
harry
kill
shake
worry
tear at
go for
gnaw at
pull at
beat
pummelUS
batter
thrash
abuse
ill-treat
pelt
do
pull
maltreat
paw
push
strike
mistreat
hustle
jostle
shove
deck
clobber
punch
smash
knock
damage
mishandle
smack
smite
whack
clout
tonk
cudgel
biff
plug
bop
thwack
sock
misuse
bully
ill-use
rain blows on
wreck
punish
deface
aim blows at
break
disable
disfigure
maim
bruise
contuse
dash
cripple
lame
roust
do over
dash against
lace into
lay into
lay one on
handle
roughhouse
bundle
mess over
kick around
give someone a good hiding
knock into the middle of next week
beat the living daylights out of
thumb
finger
grab
poke
slap around
handle clumsily
handle carelessly
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make or become bent or twisted out of shape
warp
bend
distort
twist
deform
buckle
contort
misshape
curve
malform
arch
bow
flex
screw
torture
disfigure
gnarl
kink
wrinkle
brutaliseUK
change
crook
damage
deviate
squinch
swerve
turn
wind
make crooked
make curved
become crooked
become curved
become distorted
become deformed
become misshapen
go out of shape
turn away
crumble
fall down
fall
go down
commit
dedicate
topple
break down
come down
fall in
topple over
direct
cave
disintegrate
break
flatten
level
crash
fail
keel over
sink
shrink
ply
be overcome
fall to pieces
moldUS
mouldUK
go to pieces
double up
snake
fold up
spiral
trend
sweep
undulate
meander
round
fall off
wreathe
incurve
swell
gyrate
concave
convex
concern
designate
occupy
assign
buckle down
more ❯
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