barbarize
/ˈbɑːrbəraɪz/
verb
- To make something or someone crude, uncivilized, or brutal.
- Some critics argue that violent video games can barbarize young minds.
- The long war seemed to barbarize the once peaceful community.
- The dictator's policies threatened to barbarize the nation's culture.
- To become crude, uncivilized, or brutal.
- The isolated group began to barbarize as they lost touch with modern norms.
- Without education and social order, a society can barbarize over time.
- He feared that constant exposure to cruelty would cause him to barbarize.
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