barbarianize

bar·bar·i·an·ize

[bahr-bair-ee-uh-nahyz]
verb (used with object), bar·bar·i·an·ized, bar·bar·i·an·iz·ing.
to make barbarian.
Also, especially British, bar·bar·i·an·ise.


Origin:
1855–60; barbarian + -ize

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