BRUTALISE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does brutalise mean? 

• BRUTALISE (verb)
  The verb BRUTALISE has 3 senses:

1. treat brutally
2. make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
3. become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling

  Familiarity information: BRUTALISE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRUTALISE (verb)

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

Meaning:

Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

brutalize; brutalise; animalize; animalise

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

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