bru·tal·ize /ˈbrutḷˌaɪz/
(v.)[使] 具獸性;使殘忍
Bru·tal·ize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brutalized p. pr. & vb. n. Brutalizing.] To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman.
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.
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brutalize
v 1: treat brutally [syn: brutalise]
2: make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had
brutalized him" [syn: brutalise, animalize, animalise]
3: become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling [syn: brutalise,
animalize, animalise]