as in humiliating
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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Their reasoning is that these products are poisoning Americans.—
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An Aurora dentist accused of fatally poisoning his wife in 2023 allegedly tried to pay a fellow jail inmate $20,000 to kill the case's lead investigator, prosecutors said in court Friday.—
Axios Denver,
Axios,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Bestializing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bestializing. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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