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Verb: bestialize  'bes-chu,lIz [N. Amer], 'bes-tee-u,lIz [Brit]
  1. Make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to
    "War can bestialize even the most civilized people";
    - bestialise [Brit]

Derived forms: bestializes, bestialized, bestializing

Type of: alter, change, modify