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Webster 1913 Edition


Brutalize

Bru′tal-ize

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Brutalized
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Brutalizing
.]
[Cf. F.
brutaliser
.]
To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman.

Bru′tal-ize

,
Verb.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Brutalize

BRU'TALIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To make brutal, churlish or inhuman.
All cruel punishments brutalize the heart.

BRU'TALIZE

,
Verb.
I.
To become brutal, inhuman, or coarse and beastly.