bestialize

Example Sentences

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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

Mr. Pastor makes the interesting choice not to bestialize Caliban; Mr. Sliphorst is clad only in black trousers and dances with a classical refinement that is not differentiated from the others.

From New York Times

He held that it was a Kentucky gentleman's prerogative to drink, in moderation, and he had the profoundest contempt for the weakling who would bestialize himself by getting drunk.

From Project Gutenberg

Of course, it is not inspiring to hear the boast of the Moslems that the Christians bring whiskey to Africa and bestialize the natives, while the Mohammedans fight alcohol.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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