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Synonyms for brutalize

Grammar : Verb
Spell : broot-l-ahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbrut lˌaɪz

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Définition of brutalize

  • verb corrupt
  • verb abuse
Example sentences :
  • It did not brutalize any who were not very ready for such a process.
  • Extract from : « A Jewish Chaplain in France » by Lee J. Levinger
  • It is impossible to brutalize the inhabitants of the Philippines!
  • Extract from : « The Philippines A Century Hence » by Jose Rizal
  • Thank God that no attempt has ever been made to brutalize the troops of the Allies.
  • Extract from : « Private Peat » by Harold R. Peat
  • "Useful to brutalize a lot of brave souls who merely sought—" he broke off with a new sense of outrage.
  • Extract from : « The Wrong Twin » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Every effort was made to brutalize a man, and then he was blamed for not being a St. Bernard.
  • Extract from : « A Social History of The American Negro » by Benjamin Brawley
  • God forbid, thought I, that I should brutalize this innocent creature; let her go at her own pace, and let me patiently follow.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • Nothing could be better calculated to lower and brutalize the character of a soldier than the offer of £25 for a human scalp.
  • Extract from : « Glimpses of the Past » by W. O. Raymond
  • The prison almost invariably tends to brutalize men and breeds bitterness and blank despair.
  • Extract from : « Crime: Its Cause and Treatment » by Clarence Darrow
  • Such are the results of Popery, a delusion which, more than any other, has tended to debase and brutalize the human mind.
  • Extract from : « The Bible in Spain » by George Borrow
  • The effect of punishment in such a case is lost only so far as it may help to brutalize him.
  • Extract from : « Lectures on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery » by William A. Smith

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