"feralize" meaning in English

See feralize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: feralizes [present, singular, third-person], feralizing [participle, present], feralized [participle, past], feralized [past]
Etymology: feral + -ize Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|feral|ize}} feral + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} feralize (third-person singular simple present feralizes, present participle feralizing, simple past and past participle feralized)
  1. (transitive) To make feral. Tags: transitive Related terms: ferality, feralization, dedomestication
    Sense id: en-feralize-en-verb-POcLZ-mH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize

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