verb
- to make or become barbarous or uncivilized
Usage: formal
Examples
- War tends to barbarize even the most civilized societies.
- The harsh conditions began to barbarize the prisoners.
- Critics argued that violent media could barbarize young minds.
- The dictator’s policies served to barbarize the entire nation.
- Years of isolation had barbarized the remote community.
- The professor warned that ignorance would barbarize future generations.