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ANIMALIZE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling

Synonyms:

animalise; animalize; brutalise; brutalize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman

Example:

Life in the camps had brutalized him

Synonyms:

animalise; animalize; brutalise; brutalize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

Meaning:

Represent in the form of an animal

Synonyms:

animalise; animalize

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

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

interpret; represent (create an image or likeness of)

Sentence frames:

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

Derivation:

animal (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

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