verb
1. become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language
• Syn: ↑barbarize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑barbarisation
• Hypernyms: ↑change
• Verb Group: ↑barbarize
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
2. make crude or savage in behavior or speech
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his years in prison have barbarized the young man
• Syn: ↑barbarize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑barbarisation, ↑barbarization (for: ↑barbarize)
• Verb Group: ↑barbarize
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
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barˈbarize or barˈbarise transitive verb
1. To make barbarous
2. To corrupt, as a language
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Main Entry: ↑barbarous
Useful english dictionary. 2012.