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brutalize
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of BRUTALIZE
1
to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being <three years in a prison camp so brutalized him that he couldn't remember how to eat with a fork>
2
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon <Red Cross workers reported that prisoners had been brutalized in truly shocking ways>
Synonyms brutalize, bully, ill-treat, ill-use, kick around, maltreat, manhandle, mess over [slang], mishandle, mistreat, misuse
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