bestialize

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Verb
  • And after Trump’s attempts to humiliate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office, the lure of the White House is waning.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN Money, 31 May 2025
  • Simone Inzaghi really needs the win here — his Italian side finished one point behind Serie A champ Napoli and was humiliated by rival AC Milan in the Coppa Italia semifinal.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Verb
  • As the film unfolds, Wilson finds out that Sterns, the movie's villain, has been the mastermind behind the entire plot and has been poisoning Ross with gamma rays via pills for years.
    Caroline Blair, People.com, 28 May 2025
  • Intermediately, because a member of Ethan’s team, Claire (Emmanuelle Béart) has poisoned Donloe, which results in Donloe having some pretty intense gastrointestinal reactions.
    Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 27 May 2025
Verb
  • In this evil place that was designed to dehumanize you, these women created this sisterhood and refused to allow that to happen.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 4 June 2025
  • Instead of offering care, the jail isolates, neglects, and dehumanizes people who need treatment — not incarceration.
    Justyna Rzewinski, New York Daily News, 21 May 2025
Verb
  • Guards, many of them teenage cadets from police academies, are reportedly ordered to humiliate and brutalize detainees, some barely older than themselves.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
  • Then there’s Danaher, the worst of all, which has been brutalized by a lack of Chinese biotech offerings.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Bestialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestialize. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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