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Barbarize

Definition: Barbarize

Barbarize

Verb

1. Make barbarous.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Barbarize

Synonym: barbarise (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Barbarize

English words defined with "barbarize": Barbarized, Barbarizing. (references)

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Modern Translation: Barbarize

Language Translations for "barbarize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

verderben (abase, addle, adulterate, bane, banes, become corrupted, become depraved, become ruined, become spoiled, blight, break down, bribe, contaminate, corrupt, damage, debauch, deprave, destroy, disaster, doom, go bad, go off, going off, infect, injure, kill, Mar, molder, perdition, perditions, pervert, pollute, pollution, put off, ruin, ruination, ruining, spoil, spoiling, spoilt, taint, to barbarize, to debauch, to deprave, to spoil, to taint, undoing, vitiate, vitiation, wreck). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εκβαρβάρω. (various references)

   

Italian

  

barbarizzare (barbarianize). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arbarizebay.(various references)

   

Spanish

  

barbarizar. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

förvilda (undomesticate). (various references)

   

Thai

  

กระทำป่าเถื่อน. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

bozmak (abash, abolish, adulterate, affect, alloy, annihilate, annul, baffle, ball up, bedevil, blemish, botch, break, break down, break off, break on, bugger, bugger up, bust, cash, change, circumvent, confound, confuse, contaminate, corrupt, cross, damage, debase, debauch, decay, declare off, deface, defile, destroy, deteriorate, disappoint, disarray, discolor, discolour, discomfit, discomfort, discompose, discountenance, dislocate, dismount, disorder, disrupt, dissolve, distort, disturb, downgrade, emasculate, embarrass, embroil, exchange, explode, fluff, foil, foul, foul up, fumble, garble, goof, goof up, gum up, Harry, impair, indispose, infect, infringe, lead astray, leaven, mangle, Mar, mess, murder, muss, mutilate, obliterate, pervert, pollute, put out, put out of action, put to shame, quash, queer, rattle, reverse, rot, ruffle, ruin, scotch, scupper, shatter, sour, spoil, stymie, taint, thwart, tousle, tumble, undo, unmake, upset, violate, vitiate, whittle away, whittle down, whittle off, wreck), barbarlaştırmak, barbarlaşmak, mahvetmek (bang up, bankrupt, be ruin of smb., beat smb. hollow, bring to ruin, bugger, bugger up, canker, cook, corrupt, cut up, damn, destroy, devastate, dish, do for, exterminate, finish, kill, knock into a cocked hat, lay in ruins, lay low, make havoc of, play havoc with, pulverize, queer, ruin, sink, skunk, slaughter, smash, smash up, split, take smb. to the cleaners, undo, wallop, work havoc, wreck), kabalaşmak (become rude, become vulgar, coarsen). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

зловживати іноземними словами, здичавіти (run wild), призводити до стану варварства. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

barbareiddio. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Barbarize

Derivations

Words beginning with "barbarize": barbarized, barbarizes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Barbarize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: barbari, barbarine, barbaris. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Barbarize

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-e-i-r-r-z"

-2 letters: arabize, bizarre, brazier.

-3 letters: barber, braize, brazer, briber, ribber, zareba, zariba.

-4 letters: airer, baiza, baize, barbe, barer, barre, bazar, braza, braze, briar, bribe, brier, rabbi, razer, rebar, zaire, zebra.

-5 letters: abba, abbe, abri, area, aria, baba, babe, barb, bare, bear, bier, birr, bize, brae, brie, izar, raia, rare, raze, rear.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-b-e-i-r-r-z"
 

+1 letter: barbarized, barbarizes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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