What is "dehumanized"

Usage examples of "dehumanized".

The dehumanized servant stared for a moment out at him through the iron lattice, then activated the electric switch in the wall.

I was powerfully reminded of those American motion pictures of the 1930s and 40s, set in some vast and dehumanized state or federal penitentiary, in which the prisoners banged their eating utensils against the bars at the appearance of the tyrannical warden.

Not to mention all the riptides, ambushes, Judas goats, fools and ruthless, dehumanized thugs that will sooner or later have to be dealt with by any presidential candidate who still feels strong on his feet when he comes to that magic moment for the leap from Stage Two to Stage Three.

They switched on every light and brought more of their own, and the glare further dehumanized their host.