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bar·bar·ize
 barbarize
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- pronunciation:
- bar
b
raIz
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
barbarizes, barbarizing, barbarized |
| definition 1: |
to corrupt, coarsen, or degrade in quality.
Some feel that advertising has barbarized written prose. |
| definition 2: |
to cause to become cruel or barbarous; brutalize.
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to become primitive or lapse into crudity, brutality, or the like.
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| definition 2: |
to commit gross errors in speaking or writing.
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| derivation: |
barbarization (n.) |
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