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To inflict emotional or physical harm or distress upon
“Thus, to achieve the retributive satisfaction they crave, they brutalize their victims still more.”
To physically assault or attack someone
“They promised not to harm them, not to torture or brutalize them.”
To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way
“In the vacuum created by weak or failed governments, non-state actors sometimes intimidate and brutalize benign populations into submission.”
To make or become less than a human being, like a brute
“The colonization process de-civilized the colonizer by turning him into an oppressor, serving to brutalize him in the true sense of the word.”
To cause to become depraved
“The insane, ridiculous, and absurd system, far from repressing crime, has a direct tendency to brutalize the mind.”
To desensitize or cause to be callous and unfeeling
“To a large degree, the life he'd led would brutalize him, turning him dispassionate and cold.”
To inflict severe physical pain on
To physically attack ferociously and wound
To make or become bent or twisted out of shape
To cause damage to
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