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brutalize

verb as in corrupt

verb as in abuse

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She had been sitting at her desk when her supervisor handed her a letter from an inmate alleging jailers were brutalizing people in their custody.

Earlier this year, Israeli settlers brutalized another member of the Oscar-winning “No Other Land” team.

“That is just brutalizing a community ... it’s disgusting.”

“To see women and children brutalized, older people, people without weapons, killed in front of their family.”

Between the apocalyptic wildfires, brutalizing hurricanes and the president’s personal dedication to revamping Mel Gibson's film career, it’s plainly obvious we’re headed toward total annihilation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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