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bestialize

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bes⋅tial⋅ize

  [bes-chuh-lahyz, bees-]
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–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
to make bestial or beastlike: War bestializes its participants.
Also, especially British, bes⋅tial⋅ise.

Origin:
1675–85; bestial + -ize
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bes·tial·ize   (běs'chə-līz', bēs'-)   
tr.v.   bes·tial·ized, bes·tial·iz·ing, bes·tial·iz·es

  1. To represent or portray as an animal or beast.

  2. To reduce to a bestial condition; deprave.

bes'tial·i·za'tion n.
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