What is the meaning of brutalize?

Treat brutally.
- synonyms: brutalise
Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman.
- usage: "Life in the camps had brutalized him"
- synonyms: brutalise, animalize, animalise
Become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling.
- synonyms: brutalise, animalize, animalise

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