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bar⋅ba⋅rize

  [bahr-buh-rahyz] verb, -rized, -riz⋅ing.
Use barbarize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to make barbarous; brutalize; corrupt: foreign influences barbarizing the Latin language.
–verb (used without object)
2. to become barbarous; lapse into barbarism.
3. to use barbarisms in speaking or writing.
Also, especially British, bar⋅ba⋅rise.

Origin:
1635–45; partly < Gk barbarízein, equiv. to bárbar(os) barbarian + -izein -ize; partly barbar(ous) + -ize

Related forms:
bar⋅ba⋅ri⋅za⋅tion, noun
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bar·ba·rize   (bär'bə-rīz')   
tr. & intr.v.   bar·ba·rized, bar·ba·riz·ing, bar·ba·riz·es
To make or become crude, savage, or barbarous.
bar'ba·ri·za'tion (-rĭ-zā'shən) n.
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