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bestialize

[bes-chuh-lahyz, bees-] / ˈbɛs tʃəˌlaɪz, ˈbis- /


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By contrast, M.M.A. is staged so as to bestialize its fighters; they roll on the floor of a cage.

From New York Times Sep. 2, 2015

What men are these, who, clamoring to be free, Would bestialize the world to what they be?

From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1 by Lazarus, Emma

He had become, not bestialized, like most of the men I saw, but animalized—he had drifted back into the condition of his dog, with his higher intellect inert.

From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I by Stillman, William James

Everything tends to lose its hallowed meaning; it becomes degraded, bestialized.

From South Wind by Douglas, Norman

These monkeys raised in the scale were a counterpoise to men brutalized and bestialized.

From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor

The wits of our people have been blunted, their habits bestialized, their very climate and landscape ruined.

From South Wind by Douglas, Norman




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