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BRUTALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does brutalise mean? 

BRUTALISE (verb)
  The verb BRUTALISE has 3 senses:

1. treat brutallyplay

2. make brutal, unfeeling, or inhumanplay

3. become brutal or insensitive and unfeelingplay

  Familiarity information: BRUTALISE used as a verb is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


BRUTALISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they brutalise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it brutalises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: brutalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: brutalised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: brutalising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Treat brutally

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

brutalise; brutalize

Hypernyms (to "brutalise" is one way to...):

do by; handle; treat (interact in a certain way)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

brutalisation (the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously)

brutalisation (the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

animalise; animalize; brutalise; brutalize

Context example:

Life in the camps had brutalized him

Hypernyms (to "brutalise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

brutalisation (an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

animalise; animalize; brutalise; brutalize

Hypernyms (to "brutalise" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

brutalisation (an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities)


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