bestialize

verb

Definition of bestializenext
as in to humiliate
to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being men who had been bestialized by war

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  1. humiliate
  2. poison
  3. dehumanize
  4. brutalize
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  • Illinois has the seventh-highest scoring offense in Division I, but was humiliated to 29 percent shooting, and the otherwise-excellent Kasparas Jakučionis had more turnovers (seven) than made baskets (five, on 15 tries).
    Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Over several years, victims were beaten, threatened and humiliated, while perpetrators befriended parents to screen them from the systemic abuse.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of humiliate
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  • These operations are often controlled by cartels and poison the surrounding natural environment with toxic chemicals.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
  • In 2015, the Tribune reported on a broader phenomenon of lead poisoning plaguing children living in some of the poorest Chicago neighborhoods.
    Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of poison
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  • Black people have for centuries called for more factual reporting that reflects their actual lives, because mainstream news has long criminalized and dehumanized their communities.
    Anita Varma, The Conversation, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Pursuing a full head of honey blonde highlights or rocking a 613 was so heavily stigmatized that Black women who experimented with lighter colors were regularly subjected to dehumanizing comments about their appearance.
    Tayler Adigun, Essence, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of dehumanize
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  • And no wonder: Police, security operatives, and soldiers in Venezuela also have relatives who have been brutalized by the regime.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Black women were among the organizers of the Alabama march in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery that preceded the federal legislation — and were among the marchers brutalized on the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
    Kenya Hunter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of brutalize
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