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Verb: barbarise  'baa(r)-bu,rIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: barbarize)
  1. Become crude or savage or barbaric in behaviour or language
    "The isolated community had barbarised over the generations";
    - barbarize
     
  2. Make crude or savage in behaviour or speech
    "his years in prison have barbarised the young man";
    - barbarize

Derived forms: barbarised, barbarises, barbarising

Type of: alter, change, modify