Barbarise

/ˈbɑːbəraɪz/

/ˈbɑːrbəraɪz/

Translation of "barbarise" into Russian

Verb

/ˈbɑːbəraɪz/

/ˈbɑːrbəraɪz/

barbarise

barbarises

barbarised Past Simple / Past Participle

barbarising Gerund

The invaders sought to barbarise the local culture.

Захватчики стремились варваризировать местную культуру.

Verb

/ˈbɑːbəraɪz/

/ˈbɑːrbəraɪz/

To make or become barbaric or uncivilized.

The invading forces sought to barbarise the local population by destroying their cultural heritage.

Linguistics, archaic: to corrupt a language or style by introducing non-standard or foreign elements; to introduce barbarisms.

Purists argued that loanwords would barbarise the refined prose of the period.