bestialize

[bes-chuh-lahyz, bees-]

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verb (used with object), bes·tial·ized, bes·tial·iz·ing.

to make bestial or beastlike: War bestializes its participants.

Also especially British, bes·tial·ise.

Origin of bestialize

First recorded in 1675–85; bestial + -ize

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Related Words for bestialize

debase, debauch, corrupt, abuse, degrade, bastardize, deprave, demoralize, animalize

British Dictionary definitions for bestialize

bestialize

bestialise

verb

(tr) to make bestial or brutal

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