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1
to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being
- even three years in a prison camp did not brutalize him
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2
to inflict physical or emotional harm upon
- Red Cross workers reported that prisoners had been brutalized
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- baby,
- cater (to),
- coddle,
- favor,
- gratify,
- humor,
- indulge,
- mollycoddle,
- pamper,
- spoil
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“Brutalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brutalize. Accessed 11 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of brutalize was circa 1704
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