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brutalise
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb brutalise has 3 senses
- brutalise(v = verb.social) brutalize - treat brutally; Array is one way to do by, handle, treat
- brutalise(v = verb.change) animalise, animalize, brutalize - make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him" is one way to alter, change, modify
- brutalise(v = verb.change) animalise, animalize, brutalize - become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling; Array is one way to change
Derived forms noun brutalisation2, noun brutalisation1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derived form noun brutalisation3
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derived form noun brutalisation3
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
CIDE DICTIONARY
brutalise, v. t.
- to treat brutally. [WordNet 1.5]
- to cause to become like a brute; as, life in the concentration camp had brutalised him. [WordNet 1.5]
brutalise, v. i.
to become brutal. [WordNet 1.5]
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