BESTIALIZED Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

bestialized

verb

past tense of bestialize

as in humiliated

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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From coast to coast, and in some of the reddest parts of the country, Republicans were humiliated.

— Lauren Peller, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026
Dobrik eventually cut the bit from the video, leaving Paytas feeling humiliated.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2026

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has poisoned the well in the United States by turning Israel into a partisan issue.

— Daniel DePetris, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026
And then outside of Russia, many of them, they’ve been threatened, one has been poisoned.

— Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Nov. 2026

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Allegations of abuse, inmates being brutalized by jailers, and dire conditions have plagued the facility for years, leading some county leaders, former sheriffs and civil rights advocates to call for the jail to be closed.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Because they’ve been brutalized by the same machinery of repression.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of brutalized

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Palestinians have been systematically dehumanized, along with the broader Arab and Muslim world, to serve the foreign policy objectives of governments without questioning the moral and legal implications.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
The petition argues Mays’ language during the trial revealed something deeper than a poor defense strategy — a worldview that dehumanized the man he was supposed to defend.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

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