vt. 使残忍, 残酷地对待, 使残酷无情, 变成野兽一样残忍

Brutalize \Bru"tal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Brutalized}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Brutalizing}.] [Cf. F. brutaliser.]
To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman.


Brutalize \Bru"tal*ize\, v. i.
To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty.
[R.]

He mixed . . . with his countrymen, brutalized with
them in their habits and manners. --Addison.