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 neighbor invited me to dinner, then humiliated me in front of the other women Miss Manners: Strangers keep telling me distressing stories.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
14 Jan. 2025 -
The Ravens, particularly bruising runner Derrick Henry, humiliated the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday night.—
Tim Graham,
The Athletic,
13 Jan. 2025
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Closing Thoughts As Adam Smith observed, science is the antidote to enthusiasm and superstition — yet it must be wielded responsibly to avoid becoming poison itself.—
Jahan Marcu,
Rolling Stone,
29 Jan. 2025
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The elegant and absurdly colorful movie musical sequences are meant to stand in sharp contrast to the increasingly grim physicality of the prison, where both Molina and Valentin are terrorized: beaten and poisoned and drugged.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 Jan. 2025
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Strong voices are good, but voices that hijack the conversation with an agenda and dehumanize other participants are not.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Black people have for centuries called for more factual reporting that reflects their actual lives, because mainstream news has long criminalized and dehumanized their communities.—
Anita Varma,
The Conversation,
3 Jan. 2025
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Particularly since the same poisonous influences that brutalized mostly peculiar women 400 years ago are alive and well today.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Jan. 2025
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Hamas is no different than ISIS or al Qaeda or any of the worst of the worst that has so brutalized the Middle East over the years.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Bestialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestialize. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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