brutalization
1
8.4
- noun
- /ˌbruːtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
- Offensive
:
brutalización
- The documentary highlights the brutalization of innocent civilians during the conflict.
Examples
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Factors such as the brutalization of the school atmosphere, indifference toward the problems of peers, and a lack of concentration and interest are reflected finally in an environmentally destructive attitude.
Academic text (1994) -
The pervasive cynicism, corruption, and brutalization are entrenched in the system and corrode the functioning of the state and the army.
Academic text (2002) -
First, I am one of the foremost voices in this country against the brutalization of Arabs.
Blog text (33) -
History tells a story of brutalization, exploitation, segregation, expulsion, and for some tribes, annihilation.
Academic text (1991) -
However, we do not honor our ancestors and their struggles and sacrifices if we ignore or fail to tell the stories of extreme brutalization, struggle, and suffering that they endured and overcame.
Academic text (2006) -
It is hard to see a way out of the violence and get back to the remnants of the peace process unless serious pressure is placed on the Israelis to stop their brutalization of the Palestinian people, and the Palestinians are pressured to stop firing rockets into Israel.
Blog text (13) -
Her play charts the reporter's rise, fall, and subsequent return to glory with his Pulitzer-winning coverage of the NYPD's brutalization of Abner Louima in Brooklyn in 1997.
Blog text (7) -
The evidence shows that Syria supported, protected, harbored, and subsidized a terrorist group whose modus operandi was the targeting, brutalization, and murder of American and Iraqi citizens.
Academic text (2011) -
Instead of framing the struggle around an illegal and cruel occupation, the U.S. mainstream media use a frame that rationalizes Israel's relentless dispossessions, discrimination, and brutalization.
Academic text (2002) -
He spoke about the brutalization he witnessed as a child in the war zone.
Synonyms
187
5.6
Very cruel and violent actions that hurt people
151
8.1
A very cruel or violent act that shocks people, often against innocent people
129
3.2
Actions that hurt people or animals on purpose
19
6.8
Treating someone unfairly, often by taking advantage of them
13
8.0
A very cruel act that hurts or kills many people
12
6.6
Very cruel actions that show no care for other people
6
8.4
Very cruel and violent behavior that hurts people
4
7.8
Treating people like objects or animals and hurting their dignity
4
7.0
Cruel treatment that hurts people or animals physically and emotionally
1
8.3
An act that causes someone great pain and suffering on purpose
1
4.5
Wanting to hurt or make others suffer
Very cruel treatment that ignores people's feelings and rights
The act of causing very severe pain to someone
Deliberately causing severe pain to make someone give information
Making someone seem cruel and less human
A process that makes people or a society less civilized
To cause intense fear in people by threats or violence
Very cruel actions that shock people
Antonyms
How Cruel
- Offensive
4
7.8
- NSFW
- Offensive
1
8.4
- NSFW
344
3.7
22
4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word brutalization comes from brutal, which is related to brute and gives the picture of 'animal-like' force or cruelty. So, brutalization is the process of making someone cruel or of treating them with great violence.