BESTIALIZE Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

bestialize

verb

Definition of bestialize

as in to humiliate

to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being men who had been bestialized by war

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My husband was humiliated, he was degraded, and not able to defend himself.

— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
Our minds generate sharp retorts or zingers that would eviscerate or humiliate them.

— Dr. Joel M. Rothaizer, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of humiliate

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Veterinarians determined that the snake's venom poisoned Samba, prompting them to give her antivenin.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Glutathione is processed in sterile compounding pharmacies, and there have been cases of people getting poisoned due to contamination at these facilities, Sack said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of poison

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Hisbah members also face widespread allegations of rights abuses in their enforcement operations, including subjecting offenders to dehumanizing punishments such as public beatings or shaming.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
To dehumanize Jews, invoke Goebbels and Nazi imagery, tell Jews to ‘go back to Poland,’ and describe a swastika painted outside a Jewish family’s home as an appropriate symbol for ‘zionazis’ is not criticism of Israel.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of dehumanize

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How many people will stay home rather than risk being racially profiled and brutalized?

— Kica Matos, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
In 2022, two corrections officers at the Laurens County Detention Center in South Carolina were arrested and charged with brutalizing an inmate and using a GLOVE device to repeatedly stun them, CNN noted.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 12 Aug. 2026

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