brutalize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: brutalize	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for brutalize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brutalize v treat brutally Synonym(s): brutalize, brutalise make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him" Synonym(s): brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling Synonym(s): brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brutalize \Bru"tal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brutalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Brutalizing}.] [Cf. F. brutaliser.] To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brutalize \Bru"tal*ize\, v. i. To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty. [R.] He mixed . . . with his countrymen, brutalized with them in their habits and manners. --Addison.