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vampirization

vampirization noun: the act of turning someone into a vampire.

Noun

vampirization (countable and uncountable, plural vampirizations)

  1. The act of turning someone into a vampire.
  2. Vampiric behaviour; the predatory draining of blood or (figurative) energy etc.
    • Nowhere is Rice's revision of these gender politics more evident than in the scenes surrounding the vampirization of Claudia, the orphan child.1996, Gary Hoppenstand, Ray Broadus Browne, The Gothic World of Anne Rice, page 98

Forms of vampirization

pluralvampirizations
alternative formvampirisation

Origin of vampirization

From vampirize + -ation.

Questions about vampirization

What does vampirization mean?
Vampirization means the act of turning someone into a vampire.
What part of speech is vampirization?
Vampirization is a noun.
What is the plural of vampirization?
The plural of vampirization is vampirizations.

Words near vampirization in the dictionary

  1. vampirisms
  2. vampirist
  3. vampiristic
  4. vampiristically
  5. vampirists
  6. vampirization
  7. vampirizations
  8. vampirize
  9. vampirized
  10. vampirizes
  11. vampirizing

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