noun
- The condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner.
- synonyms: brutalisation
- The activity of treating someone savagely or viciously.
- synonyms: brutalisation
- An act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities.
- synonyms: brutalisation, animalization, animalisation
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