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Verb: barbarise  'baa(r)-bu`rIz
Usage: Brit (=barbarize)
  1. Become crude or savage or barbaric in behaviour or language
    - barbarize
     
  2. Make crude or savage in behaviour or speech
    "his years in prison have barbarised the young man"
    - barbarize

Derived forms: barbarising, barbarises, barbarised

See also: barbarisation [Brit]

Type of: alter, change, modify

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