Rebarbarize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To barbarize again; to reduce again to a state of barbarism. transitive

    "Germany […] rebarbarized by polemical theology and religious wars."

Example

More examples

"Germany […] rebarbarized by polemical theology and religious wars."

Etymology

From re- + barbarize.

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