Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of brutalizing, or the state of being brutalized. Also spelled
brutalisation .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of making brutal; state of being brutalized.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The act or process of making
brutal - noun An instance of being
brutalized .
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 the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously
- noun an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
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Examples
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It's a big demented fool indeed who thinks he can con America and the world by calling the brutalization of a fellow human by inflicting severe pain and terror upon his body and psyche anything graced by the adjective "enhanced" and a total of three inflated words when one simple word is eminently sufficient and precise, and that word is TORTURE.
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This kind of brutalization (murder, rape etc) has been happening in townships all over the country since rock ages.
News24 2009
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One must ask what brutalization was suffered by the protesters who did not attack armed troops.
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Abel Barrera Hernandez, under regular threat of death for documenting and exposing harassment, brutalization, rape, enforced disappearance, and murder committed by U.S.-backed Mexican military and state police forces against indigenous communities in Guerrero, Mexico.
Kerry Kennedy: Lady Gaga, Elton John, Oprah Among Celebs Joining RFK Center, Supporting Human Rights Worldwide Kerry Kennedy 2011
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One must also ask whether people who set sail to chants commemorating a 7th century massacre of Jews by Muslims and chanting “Jihad or death” are really worried about protecting themselves from brutalization or whether they have some other goal in mind.
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The inquiry led by former Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci found last year that Canadian officials contributed to the brutalization of the men by sharing information - including unfounded accounts of extremist links - with foreign agencies.
Archive 2009-12-01 2009
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Abel Barrera Hernandez, under regular threat of death for documenting and exposing harassment, brutalization, rape, enforced disappearance, and murder committed by U.S.-backed Mexican military and state police forces against indigenous communities in Guerrero, Mexico.
Kerry Kennedy: Lady Gaga, Elton John, Oprah Among Celebs Joining RFK Center, Supporting Human Rights Worldwide Kerry Kennedy 2011
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Abel Barrera Hernandez, under regular threat of death for documenting and exposing harassment, brutalization, rape, enforced disappearance, and murder committed by U.S.-backed Mexican military and state police forces against indigenous communities in Guerrero, Mexico.
Kerry Kennedy: Lady Gaga, Elton John, Oprah Among Celebs Joining RFK Center, Supporting Human Rights Worldwide Kerry Kennedy 2011
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Abel Barrera Hernandez, under regular threat of death for documenting and exposing harassment, brutalization, rape, enforced disappearance, and murder committed by U.S.-backed Mexican military and state police forces against indigenous communities in Guerrero, Mexico.
Kerry Kennedy: Lady Gaga, Elton John, Oprah Among Celebs Joining RFK Center, Supporting Human Rights Worldwide Kerry Kennedy 2011
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"The president and the chancellor shared deep concerns about the Libyan government's continued violation of human rights and brutalization of its people."
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