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Gorify  | gôr əˌ fī |

verb ( -fies, -fied) [trans.] to ruin or spoil (something's) beauty with bloody violence : He will gorify his sister's Barbie doll by painting it look like a bloody zombie

[as adj.] ( -fying) the gorifying zombie horde destroyed the farm

DERIVATIVES
gorifier |ˈgôrəˌfī-i ər | noun one who violently attacks an object : a gorifier slashed the gown and splattered it with stage blood

gorifyingly |ˈgôrəˌfī-i ng lē | adverb [as submodifier] : bullets are gorifyingly effective

ORIGIN
Old English gor [dung, dirt,] of Germanic origin; related to Dutch goor, Swedish gorr [muck, filth].

The current sense dates from the mid 16th century.