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ANIMALIZE

• ANIMALIZE (verb)
The verb ANIMALIZE has 3 senses:

1. represent in the form of an animal
2. make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
3. become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling

Familiarity information: ANIMALIZE used as a verb is uncommon.

• ANIMALIZE (verb)

Sense 1

animalize ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Represent in the form of an animal

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

animalise; animalize

Hypernyms (to "animalize" is one way to...):

interpret; represent (create an image or likeness of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 2

animalize ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

brutalize; brutalise; animalize; animalise

Context example:

Life in the camps had brutalized him

Hypernyms (to "animalize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 3

animalize ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

animalise; animalize; brutalise; brutalize

Hypernyms (to "animalize" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

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