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BRUTALIZING
Adjective
brutalizing (comparative more brutalizing, superlative most brutalizing)
Cruel, harsh, or otherwise insensitive.
Verb
brutalizing
present participle of brutalize
Source: Wiktionary
BRUTALIZE
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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