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
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
4 June 2025
(verb) bestow a quality on; “Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company”; “The music added a lot to the play”; “She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings”; “This adds a light note to the program”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
