barbarizes
Renders crude, uncivilized
Barbarizes is the third-person singular present tense of barbarize, meaning to make barbarous or uncivilized, or to corrupt or debase something.
A conquering force might barbarize a region by destroying its cultural institutions, or a language might be barbarized through careless usage.
The word carries strong connotations of decline from a more refined or cultured state.
Critics claimed the new translations barbarized the original texts.
Treats with savage cruelty
- savagesUncivilized or brutal people
- dehumanizesStrips away personhood
- animalizesMakes savage or brutish
- brutalizingAttacking with extreme violence
cruelty · tortures · victimizes · oppresses · terrorizes · tyrannizes · mistreats · maltreats
Reduces in value
- corruptsCauses moral decline
- degradesDiminishes in quality
- defilesContaminates or desecrates
- pollutesIntroduces harmful substances
taints · adulterates · contaminates · vitiates · perverts · sullies · besmirches · profanes
Destructive effects over time
- devastatesDestroys thoroughly and completely
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- wrecksDestroys completely
- despoilsViolently strips of possessions
pillages · plunders · sacks · lays waste · razes · demolishes · annihilates · obliterates
Returns to prior condition
- devolvesDeclines or delegates downward
- roughensMakes less smooth
- coarsensBecomes less refined
- tribalizesDivides into competing groups
brutalizes
Treats with savage cruelty
- savagesUncivilized or brutal people
- dehumanizesStrips away personhood
- animalizesMakes savage or brutish
brutalizing · cruelty · tortures · victimizes · oppresses · terrorizes · tyrannizes · mistreats · maltreats · abuses
debases
Reduces in value
pollutes · taints · adulterates · contaminates · vitiates · perverts · sullies · besmirches · profanes · dishonors
ravages
Destructive effects over time
- devastatesDestroys thoroughly and completely
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- wrecksDestroys completely
despoils · pillages · plunders · sacks · lays waste · razes · demolishes · annihilates · obliterates · decimates
regresses
Returns to prior condition
barbarizescivilizes
Makes socially refined
cultivates · enlightens · humanizes · refines · develops