depersonalize
v.— «In military jargon, the city has been “depersonalized”—districts are given American names like “Queens” to replace their Iraqi names.» —“Another Iwo Jima?” by Rory McCarthy in Baghdad, Iraq Salon Nov. 9, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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