infernalizev.
/ɪnˈfəːnəlʌɪz/ transitive. To render infernal; to imbue with a hellish disposition or character.
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the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > hellishness > [verb (transitive)]
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the world > the supernatural > deity > hell > [verb (transitive)] > make hellish
plutonize1600
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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > make hellish
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1817 S. T. Coleridge Ess. Own Times (1850) III. 961 To infernalize human nature, by poisoning the very sources of morality and peace.
c1875 in F. P. Cobbe Life (1894) II. 219 [Scenes which, as Colonel Leigh said], ‘infernalise a whole generation’.
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