brutalize

But opposition leaders and other critics said the march reflected deep concern about alleged cartel infiltration in the government and charged that police brutalized young protesters.

This is not the first time I have encountered a situation where the hapless staff find themselves brutalized by loud, idiotic, or culturally discordant music.

Republicans were so sure they had permanently captured the Latino vote that they began racially profiling and brutalizing immigrants in the streets of American cities — and believing Latinos would still turn out for GOP candidates.

She later learned that the occupiers had brutalized and executed neighbors in the village she fled.

This is about as much of a review of “All’s Fair” worth venturing at this point, since pretty much every critic has brutalized the show.