brutalize
verb(British English also brutalise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they brutalize | |
| he / she / it brutalizes | |
| past simple brutalized | |
| past participle brutalized | |
| -ing form brutalizing |
- [usually passive]
to make somebody unable to feel normal human emotions such as pity (= sympathy for people who are suffering) 使丧失人类情感；使变残忍 - be brutalized (by something)
soldiers brutalized by war 在战争中变得残酷无情的士兵
- be brutalized (by something)
- brutalize somebody
to treat somebody in a cruel or violent way 残酷对待 The prisoners were brutalized and deprived of basic rights. 囚犯受到残酷对待，被剥夺了基本权利。