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sa·cral·ize  (skr-lz, skr-)
tr.v. sa·cra·lized, sa·cra·liz·ing, sa·cra·liz·es
To make sacred.
sacral·i·zation (-l-zshn) n.
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There is a major difference between Carretero's hyperbolic sacralizing of disinformation and Rawlings's half-ironic, half-cynical nod to dissimulation.
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