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Verb: animalise  'a-nu-mu,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: animalize)
  1. Represent in the form of an animal
    "The sculptor animalised the abstract concept in his latest work";
    - animalize
     
  2. Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
    "War can animalise even the gentlest people";
    - brutalize, brutalise [Brit], animalize

Derived forms: animalising, animalises, animalised

Type of: alter, change, interpret, modify, represent