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BRUTALIZE
brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
(verb) become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
(verb) make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; “Life in the camps had brutalized him”
brutalize, brutalise
(verb) treat brutally
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
brutalize (third-person singular simple present brutalizes, present participle brutalizing, simple past and past participle brutalized)
Alternative spelling of brutalise
Source: Wiktionary
Bru"tal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brutalized; p. pr. & vb. n. Brutalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. brutaliser.]
Definition: To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman.
Bru"tal*ize, v. i.
Definition: To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty. [R.] He mixed . . . with his countrymen, brutalized with them in their habits and manners. Addison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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