BESTIALIZE

bestialize, bestialise

(verb) make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

bestialize (third-person singular simple present bestializes, present participle bestializing, simple past and past participle bestialized)

to make like a beast

to bring or reduce to the state or condition of a beast

Source: Wiktionary


Bes"tial*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bestialized; p. pr. & vb. n. Bestializing.]

Definition: To make bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize. The process of bestializing humanity. Hare.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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