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brutalize
(redirected from brutalization)

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brutalize verb barbarize, be pitiless, be vicious to, be wicked to, brutify, bully, corrupt, decivilize, deform one's character, dehumanize, demoralize, hurt, injure, lead astray, make insensitive, make wicked, maltreat, mislead, molest, oppress, persecute, pervert, render evil, run down, seduce, teach wickedness
Associated concepts: assault, cruel and inhuman punishment


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Khouri Summary: How quickly and easily the Middle East and the world seem to accept mass brutalization of Palestinians as a normal state of affairs.
The degradation of Israel is almost in a way to the same extent to the brutalization they have imposed on the Palestinians.
Carlos spends most of the novel grimly dying as he suffers over his vexed relationship with Paulo and recalls his brutalization at the hand of various lovers and johns, the last of them a suicide.
 
 
 
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