bestialize

American  

[bes-chuh-lahyz, bees-] / ˈbɛs tʃəˌlaɪz, ˈbis- /

especially British, bestialise

verb (used with object)

bestialized, bestializing

1. to make bestial or beastlike.

   War bestializes its participants.

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bestialize British  

/ ˈbɛstɪəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to make bestial or brutal

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Etymology

Origin of bestialize

First recorded in 1675–85; bestial + -ize

Example Sentences

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bestialize bestialized

By contrast, M.M.A. is staged so as to bestialize its fighters; they roll on the floor of a cage.

From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2015

What men are these, who, clamoring to be free, Would bestialize the world to what they be?

From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 by Lazarus, Emma

The wits of our people have been blunted, their habits bestialized, their very climate and landscape ruined.

From South Wind by Douglas, Norman

Everything tends to lose its hallowed meaning; it becomes degraded, bestialized.

From South Wind by Douglas, Norman

These monkeys raised in the scale were a counterpoise to men brutalized and bestialized.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

He had become, not bestialized, like most of the men I saw, but animalized—he had drifted back into the condition of his dog, with his higher intellect inert.

From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I by Stillman, William James