abbrutire — meaning in English

English meaning

• stupefy verb To make someone's mind dull and slow to react, as if in a daze.

Senses

abbrutire is used for these senses in English:

• brutalise (transitive) To make brutal, cruel or harsh.
• stupefy (transitive, especially, law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.

stupefy — full definition

1. verb To make someone's mind dull and slow to react, as if in a daze.
2. verb To shock or stun someone deeply, often because of something upsetting.
3. verb (technical) To stop a material from being able to change shape or move.

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