English-Thai Dictionary

brutalize

VT ทำ สิ่ง ที่ โหดร้าย  barbarize tham-sing-ti-hod-rai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BRUTALIZE

v.t.To make brutal, churlish or inhuman. All cruel punishments brutalize the heart.

 

BRUTALIZE

v.i.To become brutal, inhuman, or coarse and beastly.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BRUTALIZE

Bru "tal *ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brutalized; p. pr. & vb. n.Brutalizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. brutaliser. ]

 

Defn: To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman.

 

BRUTALIZE

BRUTALIZE Bru "tal *ize, v. i.

 

Defn: To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty. [R.] He mixed. .. with his countrymen, brutalized with them in their habits and manners. Addison.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

brutalize

bru tal ize |ˈbro͞otlˌīz ˈbrudlˌaɪz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] attack (someone ) in a savage and violent way: they brutalize and torture persons in their custody. • desensitize (someone ) to the pain or suffering of others by exposing them to violent behavior or situations: he had been brutalized in prison and became cynical | (as adj. brutalizing ) : the brutalizing effects of warfare. DERIVATIVES bru tal i za tion |ˈbro͞otliˈzāSHən |noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

brutalize

brutalize |ˈbruːt (ə )lʌɪz |(also brutalise ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (someone ) cruel, violent, or insensitive to the pain of others by repeated exposure to violence: he had been brutalized in prison and become cynical | (as adj. brutalizing ) : the brutalizing effects of warfare. • treat (someone ) in a savage and violent way: they brutalize and torture persons in their custody. DERIVATIVES brutalization |-ˈzeɪʃ (ə )n |noun

 

Oxford Thesaurus

brutalize

brutalize verb 1 the men were brutalized by life in the trenches: desensitize, dehumanize, harden, toughen, case-harden, inure, make unfeeling, make callous, degrade. 2 they were brutalized by the police: attack, abuse, assault, beat, thrash, thump, pummel, pound, batter.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

brutalize

bru tal ize /brúːt (ə )làɪz /動詞 他動詞 〖通例be ～d 〗…を残酷に扱う ; (非人間的な仕打ちで )人の情を失わせる .