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brutalised

brutalised is the simple past and past participle of brutalise.

Meaning of brutalise

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.

Forms of brutalised

alternative formbrutalized

Questions about brutalised

What is brutalised the simple past and past participle of?
Brutalised is the simple past and past participle of brutalise.

Words near brutalised in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brutalised (page history and authors); brutalise (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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