Meanings of brutalization in English

He approved of a little healthy roughness, but this was pure brutalization.

He noted a few bruises on pale skin, but no overt signs of brutalization.

The worst condition is the moral brutalization which the absence of physical evil would engender.

The reflexive meekness of these people was a sorry comment on the brutalization of American society.

Wells Barnett was angry that the brutalization and lynching of Black folk went completely undocumented and unavenged.

This was almost beyond Michael's power to endure; it was the brutalization of the innocent, and it made his soul writhe.

Her body was bruised and covered with burns and scratches, welts that hinted at vicious acts and brutalizations.

"Is their brutalization the price we pay for our refinement?"

"The United States to-day," said Miss Field, "is responsible for thirty years' growth of polygamy, with its attendant degradation of woman and brutalization of man."