brutalize

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verb

1. treat brutally
• Syn:
brutalise
• Derivationally related forms:
brutalisation (for: brutalise), brutalization
• Hypernyms:
treat, handle, do by
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
- Life in the camps had brutalized him
• Syn:
brutalise, animalize, animalise
• Derivationally related forms:
brutalisation (for: brutalise), brutal, brutalization
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
• Syn:
brutalise, animalize, animalise
• Derivationally related forms:
brutalisation (for: brutalise), brutal, brutalization
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  brutalise, animalize, animalise