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    BRUTALISE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they brutalise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it brutalises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: brutalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: brutalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: brutalising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Become brutal or insensitive and unfeelingplay

    Synonyms:

    animalise; animalize; brutalise; brutalize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "brutalise" is one way to...):

    change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s

    Derivation:

    brutalisation (an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhumanplay

    Example:

    Life in the camps had brutalized him

    Synonyms:

    animalise; animalize; brutalise; brutalize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "brutalise" is one way to...):

    alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    brutalisation (an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Treat brutallyplay

    Synonyms:

    brutalise; brutalize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of political and social activities and events

    Hypernyms (to "brutalise" is one way to...):

    do by; handle; treat (interact in a certain way)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody

    Derivation:

    brutalisation (the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously)

    brutalisation (the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner)

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