BRUTALIZE Synonyms

• (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

• an offensive move in a sport or game

• intense adverse criticism

• ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation

• the act of attacking

• a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase

• a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition

• the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)

• strong criticism

• launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with

• attack in speech or writing

• take the initiative and go on the offensive

• attack someone physically or emotionally

• set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task

• begin to injure

• (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

• annoy persistently

• surround so as to force to give up

• any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.; the condition of an injury

• the occurrence of a change for the worse

• the act of damaging something or someone

• cause or do harm to

• cause injuries or bodily harm to

• hurt the feelings of

• cause damage or affect negatively

• injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation

• treat badly

• damage or injure severely

• alter so as to make unrecognizable

• destroy or injure severely

• overcome by superior force

• overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

• a member of an uncivilized people

• a cruelly rapacious person

• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

• wild and menacing

• without civilizing influences

• marked by extreme and violent energy

• attack brutally and fiercely

• criticize harshly or violently

• unbearable physical pain

• extreme mental distress

• intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain

• a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented

• a severe affliction

• the act of harassing someone

• torment emotionally or mentally

• treat cruelly

• subject to torture

• fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• destroy

• violate the sacred character of a place or language

• force (someone) to have sex against their will

• destroy and strip of its possession

• treat brutally

• make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman

• become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling

• represent in the form of an animal

• make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman

• become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling

• represent in the form of an animal

• make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman

• become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling