To deprive of intelligence or intellectual capacity; to make less intelligent or cerebral; an alternative form of decerebrate.
From de- + cerebr- (brain) + -ize (verb suffix). This variant combines the prefix with -ize rather than -ate, following different verb-formation patterns in English.
While 'decerebrate' is medical, 'decerebrize' sounds more insulting—it's a dramatic way to say someone has become less intelligent, showing how the same root can mean either literal surgery or figurative loss of wit.
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