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savagizing

savagizing is the present participle and gerund of savagize.

Meaning of savagize

Verb

savagize (third-person singular simple present savagizes, present participle savagizing, simple past and past participle savagized)

  1. (transitive) To make savage; to reduce to a state of savagery.
    • […] the chiefs came to a determination, that Jewitt should be married (they knew better than to think of savagizing Thompson) […]1817, The Analectic Magazine, volume 9, page 153

Questions about savagizing

What is savagizing the present participle and gerund of?
Savagizing is the present participle and gerund of savagize.

Words near savagizing in the dictionary

  1. savagisms
  2. savagization
  3. savagize
  4. savagized
  5. savagizes
  6. savagizing
  7. savagnin
  8. savagnins
  9. Savai'i
  10. SAVAK
  11. savaka

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