brutalize
verb[T]
(UKusuallybrutalise)uk/ˈbruː.təl.aɪz/us/-t̬əl-/totreatsomeone in acruelandviolentway:
残忍对待Thepolicein thatcountryroutinelybrutalizeprisoners.那个国家的警察对待犯人通常都很残忍。
Treating people or animals badly
- a raw dealidiom
- abuser
- anti-harassment
- at the hands ofsomeoneidiom
- batten
- batten onsomeone
- ill-treatment
- ill-used
- impose
- inflict
- infliction
- prey
- prey onsomething
- putsomeonethroughsomething
- put upon
- tyrannize
- tyranny
- uncared for
- use
- victimization