What does "barbarize" mean?

To cause to become savage or uncultured.

What is a synonym for "barbarize"?

Common synonyms include: assault, attack, barbarise, batter, brutalize, burn.

Pronounced //ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹaɪz//.

/ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹaɪz/ verb

verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Verb

1
To cause to become savage or uncultured. transitive
2
make crude or savage in behavior or speech wordnet
3
To become savage or uncultured. intransitive
"The Roman empire was barbarizing rapidly from the time of Trajan."
4
become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language wordnet
5
To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech. intransitive
"The ill habit […] of wretched barbarizing against the Latin and Greek idiom, with their untutored Anglicisms."

"The Roman empire was barbarizing rapidly from the time of Trajan."