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DEVILIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does devilize mean?
• DEVILIZE (verb)
The verb DEVILIZE has 1 sense:
1. turn into a devil or make devilish
Familiarity information: DEVILIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Turn into a devil or make devilish
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
devilise; devilize; diabolise; diabolize
Context example:
Man devilized by war
Hypernyms (to "devilize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something on somebody
Derivation:
devil (an evil supernatural being)
Devil ((Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell)
devil (a cruel wicked and inhuman person)
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