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brutalise

/ˈbɹuːt(ə)lʌɪz/

brutalise verb: to inflict brutal violence on.

Verb

brutalise (third-person singular simple present brutalises, present participle brutalising, simple past and past participle brutalised)

  1. (transitive) To inflict brutal violence on.
  2. (transitive) To make brutal, cruel or harsh.
  3. (dated, intransitive) To live or behave like a brute.

brutalise meaning in Urdu

brutalise in Urdu

بےرحم, کٹر بنانا

Forms of brutalise

third-person singular presentbrutalises
present participlebrutalising
past participlebrutalised
pastbrutalised
alternative formbrutalize

Origin of brutalise

From brutal + -ise.

Questions about brutalise

What does brutalise mean?
Brutalise means to inflict brutal violence on.
What is brutalise in Urdu?
Brutalise in Urdu is بےرحم, کٹر بنانا. See Brutalise meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is brutalise?
Brutalise is a verb.
How do you pronounce brutalise?
Brutalise is pronounced /ˈbɹuːt(ə)lʌɪz/.
What is the past tense of brutalise?
The past tense of brutalise is brutalised.

Words near brutalise in the dictionary

  1. brut de forge
  2. brut-de-forge
  3. brutal
  4. brutalisation
  5. brutalisations
  6. brutalise
  7. brutalised
  8. brutalises
  9. brutalising
  10. brutalism
  11. brutalisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brutalise (page history and authors); brutalise (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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