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- verb Alternative spelling of
dehumanize .
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Examples
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I say they are morally debased because of this: they attempt to de-humanise Palestinians and to diminish and deny their suffering.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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I dislike the term bed blocking as it tends to de-humanise and takes the responsibility away from the servicesand onto the person waiting for their next level of appropriate care.
The Guardian World News Denis Campbell 2011
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Military training in those days set out to de-humanise not only the enemy but the local civilian population as well.
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Look, pedal your sub-Galloway frothing about America all you like but don’t you dare de-humanise every man and woman in uniform just because you don’t agree with a country’s military policy.
NSFW: After Fort Hood, another example of how ‘citizen journalists’ can’t handle the truth Paul Carr 2005
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