1. made or become brutal, savage, or coarse in manner or character
Usage: often used in literary or formal contexts; archaic or literary

1. to make or become brutal or savage; to degrade or debase
Usage: archaic or literary; past tense or past participle form

Examples

• The harsh conditions of war had embruted the soldiers, stripping away their former gentleness.
• Years of captivity left him embruted and hardened against compassion.
• The novel depicts how poverty and neglect can embrute the human spirit.
• His embruted behavior shocked those who had known him in his youth.
• The critic argued that violent entertainment embrutes the audience.
• She emerged from the ordeal embruted but not broken in spirit.