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brutalising

brutalising is the present participle and gerund 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 brutalising

alternative formbrutalizing

Questions about brutalising

What is brutalising the present participle and gerund of?
Brutalising is the present participle and gerund of brutalise.

Words near brutalising in the dictionary

  1. brutalisation
  2. brutalisations
  3. brutalise
  4. brutalised
  5. brutalises
  6. brutalising
  7. brutalism
  8. brutalisms
  9. brutalist
  10. brutalistic
  11. brutalistically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brutalising (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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