Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to treat brutally.
- transitive verb to cause to become like a brute.
- intransitive verb to become brutal.
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- verb transitive To
brutally inflictviolence on something. - verb transitive To make something
brutal ,cruel orharsh .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
- verb make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
- verb treat brutally
Etymologies
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Examples
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The ANC region also warned white farmers not to "brutalise" its supporters.
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Gaddafi, he said, had "lied to the international community, continued to brutalise his own people, and was in flagrant breach of the UN resolution".
Cameron even makes war seem reasonable | Simon Hoggart's sketch 2011
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Why do we brutalise the people we are supposed to love and admire?
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Why do we brutalise the people we are supposed to love and admire?
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Judging by their first few days, their orders seem clear: brutalise and intimidate protesters and their families.
Saudi Arabian intervention in Bahrain driven by visceral Sunni fear of Shias 2011
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This unnerves me, because it makes sense: if Cameron does protect the NHS budget, he would have to brutalise the defence and police budgets.
Cameron has the positioning right - but fiscal questions remain 2010
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Works like those of Edgar Poe and this 'Wuthering Heights' must be plainly declared to blunt, to brutalise, and to enervate the mind.
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Works like those of Edgar Poe and this 'Wuthering Heights' must be plainly declared to blunt, to brutalise, and to enervate the mind.
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As it is we're going to pay a fortune to jail these little monsters for a decade or so when they will be released with new ids to brutalise and probably kill more victims.
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This unnerves me, because it makes sense: if Cameron does protect the NHS budget, he would have to brutalise the defence and police budgets.
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