Brutalise

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  brutalise \brutalise\ 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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  brutalise \brutalise\ v. i.
     to become brutal.
  
     Syn: brutalize.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  brutalise
       v 1: treat brutally [syn: {brutalize}]
       2: make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had
          brutalized him" [syn: {brutalize}, {animalize}, {animalise}]
       3: become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling [syn: {brutalize},
           {animalize}, {animalise}]