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BARBARIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does barbarize mean? 

BARBARIZE (verb)
  The verb BARBARIZE has 2 senses:

1. become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or languageplay

2. make crude or savage in behavior or speechplay

  Familiarity information: BARBARIZE used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BARBARIZE (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

barbarise; barbarize

Hypernyms (to "barbarize" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

barbarise; barbarize (make crude or savage in behavior or speech)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s


Sense 2

Meaning:

Make crude or savage in behavior or speech

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

barbarise; barbarize

Context example:

his years in prison have barbarized the young man

Hypernyms (to "barbarize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

barbarise; barbarize (become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

barbarization (an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized)


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