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

Derived forms: barbarizing, barbarizes, barbarized

Type of: alter, change, modify