Savagize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make savage; to reduce to a state of savagery. transitive
"[…] the chiefs came to a determination, that Jewitt should be married (they knew better than to think of savagizing Thompson) […]"
Example
More examples"[…] the chiefs came to a determination, that Jewitt should be married (they knew better than to think of savagizing Thompson) […]"
Etymology
From savage + -ize.
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