monstering

Verb

monster (third-person singular simple present monsters, present participle monstering, simple past and past participle monstered)

1. (transitive) To make into a monster; to categorise as a monster; to demonise.
   • Animals in our world have been monstered by human action as much as the free beasts of the pre-lapsarian state were monstered by the primal crime.1968, Robert Lowell, Robert Lowell: A Collection of Critical Essays, page 145

   Synonyms:

   monsterize

2. (intransitive) To behave as a monster to; to terrorise.
   • In 2002, American interrogators on the ground in Afghanistan developed a technique they called “monstering.” The commander “instituted a new rule that a prisoner could be kept awake and in the booth for as long as an interrogator could last.” One “monstering” interrogator engaged in this for thirty...2009, Darius Rejali, Torture and Democracy, page 292
3. (Australia) To harass.
   • Andy Roddick has been monstered by both Federer and Nadal and suffered a 6-2 7-5 7-5 semi-final loss at the hands of the Swiss champion.2009 January 31, Leo Schlink, “Match looms as final for the ages”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2009
4. (UK, live action roleplaying games) To play (a series of) non-player characters as directed, without having the responsibility of organising the game itself; generally not limited to playing literal monsters or hostile combatants.
   • Are you monstering that event?

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