Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See brutalization, brutalize.
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- noun Alternative form of
brutalization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner
- noun an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
- noun the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously
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Examples
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As world leaders united to demand that Muammar Gaddafi face the full consequences of what Barack Obama called the "brutalisation" of his people, the defence secretary, Liam Fox, confirmed that the rescue had been a success, so far.
The Guardian World News Toby Helm 2011
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As world leaders united to demand that Muammar Gaddafi face the full consequences of what Barack Obama called the "brutalisation" of his people, the defence secretary, Liam Fox, confirmed that the rescue had been a success, so far.
The Guardian World News Toby Helm 2011
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The PAC reacted in a statement to reports of "brutalisation" of people held captive in a cell in the basement of Lancet building in Johannesburg, which houses the ANC's PWV regional offices.
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Furthermore she claims the Koran is a text that is 'violent, incendiary, and disrespectful' and says that barbarities such as brutalisation of women, the persecution of homosexuals, honour killings, the beheading of apostates and the stoning of adulterers come directly out of the Koran.
The Freethinker 2009
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Furthermore she claims the Koran is a text that is 'violent, incendiary, and disrespectful' and says that barbarities such as brutalisation of women, the persecution of homosexuals, honour killings, the beheading of apostates and the stoning of adulterers come directly out of the Koran.
The Freethinker 2009
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Follow p2pnet on Twitter. brutalisation of music fans – RIAA lawsuits are ` tough love `, October 18, 2007
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This has attracted little opprobrium and no calls for the obliteration of Sri Lanka or talk of its brutalisation.
Where are the protests? Not a sheep 2009
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The price of this transition is the brutalisation of the country, and a government campaign against multilateralism as savage as any waged by George Bush.
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A lifesize tableau of five white men torturing and castrating a black man, it's a savage reminder of the brutalisation of the African-American population in the pre-civil rights era.
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They are exposed to, and made complicit in, the routine imprisonment, brutalisation, and general oppression of Palestinian Arabs, as well as the ordinary fascism of military life.
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