Word

brutalize, v.
(brutalized, brutalizes, brutalizing)

become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
<verb.change>

animalise animalize brutalise brutalize

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

brutal brutalization

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

brutalisation

semantic pointers

hypernym

change

make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
<verb.change>

animalise animalize brutalise brutalize

sample sentences

"Life in the camps had brutalized him"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

brutal brutalization

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

brutalisation

semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify

treat brutally
<verb.social>

brutalise brutalize

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

brutalization brutalization

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

brutalisation brutalisation

semantic pointers

hypernym

treat, handle, do by