brutalizing

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Brutalize \Bru"tal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brutalized}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Brutalizing}.] [Cf. F. brutaliser.]
   To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman.
   [1913 Webster]