brutalization

American  

[broot-uhl-uhz-ay-shuhn, broot-uhl-ahyz-] / ˌbrut əl əzˈeɪ ʃən, ˌbrut əl aɪz- /

noun

plural

brutalizations

1. the act or process of making or becoming brutal, inhumane, or coarse.

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Example Sentences

Those Black people who survived the living hell of the Middle Passage and then centuries of enslavement and brutalization were not an undifferentiated mass of brutes as conceptualized by the white popular imagination.

From Salon • Jul. 28, 2023

The art, often stark but occasionally playful, addresses what Rosso calls “terricide”: brutalization of the Earth, women and Indigenous people, and cultures.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2021

But the large young ensemble achieves wonders in stylized, rhythmic movements that draw a map of human exodus, brutalization and unexpected moments of mutual support and generosity.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2014

“In order to have a society in which public issues can be openly and vigorously debated,” Alito wrote, “it is not necessary to allow the brutalization of innocent victims.”

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2014

It stands to reason that the fragile tissues of culture are dislocated, and its delicate edges defaced, by such persistive governmental brutalization as the inhabitants have undergone.

From Old Calabria by Douglas, Norman