verb
- making or becoming brutal, savage, or bestial; degrading to the level of a brute animal
Usage: literary or formal; archaic or rare in modern usage
Examples
- The harsh conditions of war were imbruting the soldiers, stripping away their humanity.
- Years of isolation imbruted his character, making him cruel and insensitive.
- The philosopher warned that ignorance was imbruting society.
- Constant violence imbrutes the mind and hardens the heart.
- She feared that poverty and desperation were imbruting the poorest members of the community.