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barbarizing

Variant of barbarize

transitive verb barbarized, barbarizing

to make barbarous; coarsen, brutalize, etc.

Origin: ML barbarizare < Gr barbarizein, to behave like a barbarian

intransitive verb

to become barbarous

Related Forms:

barbarization noun

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