Why this word is great
DEBARBARIZE — [Verb] To remove the barbarian nature from; to make no longer barbaric. From de- ("remove, reverse") + barbarize ("make barbaric"), itself from barbarous ("uncivilized") + -ize ("cause to be"). Unlike "civilize" (which focuses on imparting positive cultural refinement) or "tame" (which suggests subduing wildness in animals or nature), "debarbarize" is the deliberate scraping away of savagery, the unmaking of brutality. It is the breaking of swords into plowshares, the scrubbing of bloodstains from temple steps, or the slow, painful process of teaching a warlord to speak without curses—each act a small victory against the darkness that clings to human history.