To make someone behave like a beast or animal; to reduce someone to a bestial or brutal state.
From Latin 'bestia' (beast) with the suffix '-ise' (British spelling) or '-ize' (American), meaning to transform into or cause to become. The word implies dehumanizing someone.
Writers use 'bestialise' to describe how violence, cruelty, or harsh conditions can strip away someone's humanity and reduce them to primitive, brutal behavior.
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