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BARBARISE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make crude or savage in behavior or speech
Example:
his years in prison have barbarized the young man
Synonyms:
barbarise; barbarize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "barbarise" 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:
barbarisation (an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language
Synonyms:
barbarise; barbarize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "barbarise" 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
Derivation:
barbarisation (an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized)
