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Verb: brutalise  'broot-u,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: brutalize)
  1. Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
    "War can brutalise even the gentlest people";
    - brutalize, animalize, animalise [Brit]
     
  2. Treat brutally
    "The guards brutalised the prisoners, causing outrage among human rights organizations";
    - brutalize

Derived forms: brutalised, brutalises, brutalising

Type of: alter, change, do by [Brit], handle, modify, treat