BRUTALISE Synonyms

• a vigorous blow

• an uproarious party

• hit hard

• (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting

• a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk, used in cooking

• strike against forcefully

• strike violently and repeatedly

• make a dent or impression in

• a regular route for a sentry or policeman

• the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart

• the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

• a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations

• a member of the beat generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior

• the sound of stroke or blow

• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

• a regular rate of repetition

• a stroke or blow

• the act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

• very tired

• come out better in a competition, race, or conflict

• give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression

• hit repeatedly

• move rhythmically

• shape by beating

• make a rhythmic sound

• glare or strike with great intensity

• move with a thrashing motion

• sail with much tacking or with difficulty

• stir vigorously

• strike (a part of one's own body) repeatedly, as in great emotion or in accompaniment to music

• be superior

• avoid paying

• make a sound like a clock or a timer

• move with a flapping motion

• indicate by beating, as with the fingers or drumsticks

• move with or as if with a regular alternating motion

• make by pounding or trampling

• produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly

• strike (water or bushes) repeatedly to rouse animals for hunting

• beat through cleverness and wit

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• wear out completely

• to work at or to absurd length

• attack verbally with harsh criticism

• beat soundly

• a club used as a weapon

• overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club

• strike with a club or a bludgeon

• a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family

• cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile

• throw bombs at or attack with bombs

• address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage

• direct high energy particles or radiation against

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• a hired thug

• excellent

• be bossy towards

• discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

• informal terms for personal possessions

• strike violently and repeatedly

• beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

• a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together

• a formal association of people with similar interests

• stout stick that is larger at one end

• a building that is occupied by a social club

• golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball

• a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it

• a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink

• unite with a common purpose

• gather and spend time together

• strike with a club or a bludgeon

• gather into a club-like mass

• a club that is used as a weapon

• strike with a cudgel

• beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

• the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled

• a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking

• the ossicle attached to the eardrum

• a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.

• a heavy metal sphere attached to a flexible wire; used in the hammer throw

• a striker that is covered in felt and that causes the piano strings to vibrate

• a power tool for drilling rocks

• the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

• beat with or as if with a hammer

• create by hammering

• annoy continually or chronically

• exhaust by attacking repeatedly

• make timid or fearful

• to compel or deter by or as if by threats

• treat badly

• handle roughly

• a heavy long-handled hammer used to drive stakes or wedges

• split (wood) with a maul and wedges

• injure badly by beating

• treat badly

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• cause to suffer