brutalise

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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

brutalise \brutalise\ v. i.
   to become brutal.

   Syn: brutalize.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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