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BESTIALIZE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bestialize mean?
• BESTIALIZE (verb)
The verb BESTIALIZE has 1 sense:
1. make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to
Familiarity information: BESTIALIZE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
bestialise; bestialize
Hypernyms (to "bestialize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Derivation:
bestial (resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility)
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