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DEVILIZE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Turn into a devil or make devilish
Example:
Man devilized by war
Synonyms:
devilise; devilize; diabolise; diabolize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "devilize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something on somebody
Derivation:
devil (an evil supernatural being)
Devil ((Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell)
devil (a cruel wicked and inhuman person)
