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verb
To subject to niggerization, (the act of dehumanizing black people, or other people in the manner of black people).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ethnic, offensive, slur, transitive
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verb
To subject or expose to black people or their influence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, transitive
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verb
To render someone or something to resemble the racist stereotype of a black person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ethnic, offensive, slur, transitive
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verb
To treat (wood) with paraffin or coke-oven coal tar in order to increase its acid resistance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, offensive, transitive
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History
From nigger + -ize.
