uncivilize

English

Etymology

Verb

uncivilize (third-person singular simple present uncivilizes, present participle uncivilizing, simple past and past participle uncivilized)

(transitive) To make uncivilized.
Synonym: decivilize
- 1831, John Stuart Mill, The Spirit of the Age:
  May his abortive effort to uncivilize human nature, to uncultivate the mind of man, and turn it into a desolate waste, be the last!