treat brutally

  • 1brutalise — verb 1. treat brutally • Syn: ↑brutalize • Derivationally related forms: ↑brutalisation, ↑brutalization (for: ↑brutalize) • Hypernyms: ↑treat …

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  • 2brutalise — rutalise v. t. 1. to treat brutally. Syn: brutalize. [WordNet 1.5] 2. to cause to become like a brute; as, life in the concentration camp had brutalised him. Syn: brutalize. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 3brutalize — transitive verb ( ized; izing) Date: circa 1704 1. to make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman < temperaments brutalized by poverty and disease > 2. to treat brutally < an accord not to brutalize prisoners of war > • brutalization …

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  • 4savage — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French salvage, savage, from Late Latin salvaticus, alteration of Latin silvaticus of the woods, wild, from silva wood, forest Date: 13th century 1. a. not domesticated or under human control ;&#8230; …

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  • 5brutalize — or brutalise verb 1》 make brutal by repeated exposure to violence. 2》 treat brutally. Derivatives brutalization noun …

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  • 6brutalization — brutalize (also brutalise) ► VERB 1) make brutal by frequent exposure to violence. 2) treat brutally. DERIVATIVES brutalization noun …

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  • 7brutalize — (also brutalise) ► VERB 1) make brutal by frequent exposure to violence. 2) treat brutally. DERIVATIVES brutalization noun …

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  • 8brutalize — v.tr. (also ise) 1 make brutal. 2 treat brutally. Derivatives: brutalization n …

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