Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

brutalise

· IPA /ˈbɹuːt(ə)lʌɪz/

01 v. t. to treat brutally.

1.
to treat brutally.
2.
to cause to become like a brute; as, life in the concentration camp had brutalised him.

Syn. brutalize. — Syn. -- brutalize.

02 v. i. to become brutal.

Syn. brutalize.