Found 2 items, similar to brutalize.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: brutalize brutalize v 1: treat brutally [syn: brutalise] 2: make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; “Life in the camps had brutalized him” [syn: brutalise, animalize, animalise] 3: become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling [syn: brutalise, animalize, animalise]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Brutalize 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. [1913 Webster] Brutalize \Bru"tal*ize\, v. i. To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty. [R.] [1913 Webster] He mixed . . . with his countrymen, brutalized with them in their habits and manners. --Addison. [1913 Webster]