brutalize

1. V-T If an unpleasant experience brutalizes someone, it makes them cruel or violent. 使...变残暴

He was brutalized by the experience of being in prison. 牢狱生活使他变得残暴了。

2. V-T If one person brutalizes another, they treat them in a cruel or violent way. 虐待

...a 15th century explorer who brutalized people and enslaved them. ...15世纪一个虐待和奴役他人的探险家。