brutalization

Noun

Meaning

The act or process of making brutal; state of being brutalized.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

animalization brutalisation animalisation injury harm abuse degradation brutality misuse mistreatment bullying molestation maltreatment debasement ill-treatment
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Antonyms

support hand help care aid respect
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Hypernyms

condition degradation misconduct wrongdoing status debasement

Examples

In order to have a society in which public issues can be openly and vigorously debated, it is not necessary to allow the brutalization of innocent victims. Samuel Alito

Commercial rock 'n' roll music is a brutalization of the stream of contemporary Negro church music ... an obscene looting of a cultural expression. Ralph Ellison

There are four billion people in the world. A world that has grown so complex and uncaring with systems and brutalization of individuals because of the inertia produced by those systems' perpetuation of self, that merely to live is to be assaulted daily by circumstances. Harlan Ellison

How can our great society tolerate the continued brutalization of its citizens by crazed misfits? Criminals must be told that their CIVIL LIBERTIES END WHEN AN ATTACK ON OUR SAFETY BEGINS! Donald Trump

Such is the brutalization of commercial ethics in this country that no one can feel anything more delicate than the velvet touch of a soft buck. Raymond Chandler

Close letter words and terms

brutalitarianism brutality brutality of the police brutalize brutalizer brutalizing