Savagize

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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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