"brutalisation" in the noun sense
1. brutalization, brutalisation
the condition of being treated in a cruel and savage manner
2. brutalization, brutalisation
the activity of treating someone savagely or viciously
3. brutalization, brutalisation, animalization, animalisation
an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
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