| The very existence of slavery requires and demands the brutalization of the governing power that upholds it. |
| Nine children and three women told similar stories of enslavement and brutalization, including rape. |
| Clashes among armed factions, with the accompanying brutalization of the populace, have heightened the climate of fear. |
| The German occupation resulted in a brutalization of society and 30,000 people were imprisoned. |
| Hardly a day goes by without evidence of intimidation, brutalization, torture or killing amounting to serious violations of international humanitarian law. |
| At the same time, we continued to allow slavery, the oppression of women, the brutalization of Native Americans, etc. |
