Usually means: Make or become uncivilized and crude.
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▸ verb:  Alternative form of barbarize [(transitive) To cause to become savage or uncultured.]

Similar:
barbarise, barbarize, debarbarize, unbarbarize, uncivilize, savagize, brutalize, animalize, decivilize, brutify, more...

Opposite:
civilize, refine, educate, cultivate

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Similar:
barbarise, barbarize, debarbarize, unbarbarize, uncivilize, savagize, brutalize, animalize, decivilize, brutify, more...

Opposite:
civilize, refine, educate, cultivate



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