Definitions for brutalize

brutalize bru·tal·ize

Spelling: [broot-l-ahyz]
IPA: /ˈbrut lˌaɪz/

Brutalize is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 20 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 458 anagrams from letters in brutalize (abeilrtuz).

Definitions for brutalize

verb (used with object)

  1. to make brutal.
  2. to treat (someone) with brutality.

Origin of brutalize

First recorded in 1695-1705; brutal + -ize

Examples for brutalize

Nothing could be better calculated to lower and brutalize the character of a soldier than the offer of £25 for a human scalp.

Every effort was made to brutalize a man, and then he was blamed for not being a St. Bernard.

I heard that your fight back caused them to get more violent and brutalize you further.

Thank God that no attempt has ever been made to brutalize the troops of the Allies.

It did not brutalize any who were not very ready for such a process.

The prison almost invariably tends to brutalize men and breeds bitterness and blank despair.

God forbid, thought I, that I should brutalize this innocent creature; let her go at her own pace, and let me patiently follow.

They run the economy, own major industries, and brutalize their foes—and Khamenei almost never contradicts them.

"Useful to brutalize a lot of brave souls who merely sought—" he broke off with a new sense of outrage.

It is impossible to brutalize the inhabitants of the Philippines!

Word Value for brutalize
Scrable

20

Words with friends

23

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