Cadaverize

Pronunciation: /ˈkədævɝˈaɪˈzi/

Cadaverize (verb)

  1. To change a living body into a dead body, usually by violence or disease.
  2. To make something seem dead, lifeless, or without life, often in a frightening or unnatural way.

Examples

  • The story says the poison can cadaverize a person.
  • The experiment was meant to cadaverize the subject.