The . . . brutalities exercised in war.
Brougham.
Bru`tal*i*za"tion (&?;), n. The act or process of making brutal; state of being brutalized.
Bru"tal*ize (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brutalized (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Brutalizing.] [Cf. F. brutaliser.] To make brutal; beasty; unfeeling; or inhuman.
Bru"tal*ize, v. i. To become brutal, inhuman, barbarous, or coarse and beasty. [R.]
He mixed . . . with his countrymen, brutalized with them in their habits and manners.
Addison.
Bru"tal*ly, adv. In a brutal manner; cruelly.
Brute (brt), a. [F. brut, nasc., brute, fem., raw, rough, rude, brutish, L. brutus stupid, irrational: cf. It. & Sp. bruto.] 1. Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of nature.
2. Not possessing reason, irrational; unthinking; as, a brute beast; the brute creation.
A creature . . . not prone
And brute as other creatures, but endued
With sanctity of reason.
Milton.
3. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, a brute beast. Hence: Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless; as, brute violence. Macaulay.
The influence of capital and mere brute labor.
Playfair.
4. Having the physical powers predominating over the mental; coarse; unpolished; unintelligent.
A great brute farmer from Liddesdale.
Sir W. Scott.