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tabooize

tabooize verb: to make (something) taboo.

Verb

tabooize (third-person singular simple present tabooizes, present participle tabooizing, simple past and past participle tabooized)

  1. (rare, transitive) To make (something) taboo.
    Synonyms:
    taboo

Synonyms of tabooize

Forms of tabooize

third-person singular presenttabooizes
present participletabooizing
past participletabooized
pasttabooized
alternative formtabooise

Origin of tabooize

From taboo + -ize.

Words formed from tabooize

Questions about tabooize

What does tabooize mean?
Tabooize means to make (something) taboo.
What part of speech is tabooize?
Tabooize is a verb.
What is the past tense of tabooize?
The past tense of tabooize is tabooized.

Words near tabooize in the dictionary

  1. tabooistic
  2. tabooistically
  3. tabooists
  4. tabooization
  5. tabooizations
  6. tabooize
  7. tabooized
  8. tabooizes
  9. tabooizing
  10. tabooless
  11. taboolessness

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