"brutalizing" in the verb sense
1. brutalize, brutalise
treat brutally
2. brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
"Life in the camps had brutalized him"
3. brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
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