Definition of "brutalizing" [brutalizing]

• Present participle of brutalize. (verb)

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• "I guess that kind of brutalizing is not exactly the antonym of "aggressive," but I don't think I would have wanted to have been in range of being an inspiration for one of her books."
• "Grant was drawn to Johnson when Johnson was chief prosecutor because he challenged a police department with a reputation for brutalizing suspects."
• "It means that liberals were right that the lies told to get us into Iraq were used because there was no actual justification for brutalizing the Iraqi people."