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brutalize

verb as in corrupt

verb as in abuse

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The warlords often brutalized Afghan civilians, including women and children.

Then, like now, the Taliban were rapidly gaining ground amid a brutal civil war, capturing cities, brutalizing enemies and marching toward Kabul.

From Ozy

Gobert might not be able to brutalize Morris or Batum in the post — that’s just not his game.

Fans have seen him brutalize opponents with this play over and over.

And, of course, it’s arriving in summer 2021 — a time when, in America at least, it’s starting to feel like the days of an isolating, brutalizing pandemic are waning.

From Vox

I heard that your fight back caused them to get more violent and brutalize you further.

They run the economy, own major industries, and brutalize their foes—and Khamenei almost never contradicts them.

His countenance showed marks of dissipation, for he was a heavy drinker, and this served to further brutalize his nature.

The cursings and obscenities that taint the air and brutalize life elsewhere, were in this quaint old settlement unknown.

Instead of softening his nature, this intelligence seemed only to harden and brutalize it.

Human nature is everywhere much the same: cruel spectacles brutalize, whether in Spain or on a negro-plantation.

It has a natural, an inevitable tendency to brutalize every noble faculty of man.

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On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to brutalize, such as: dehumanize, demoralize, animalize, coarsen, debase, and debauch.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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