Verb: animalize 'a-nu-mu,lIz
- Represent in the form of an animal
"The sculptor animalized the abstract concept in his latest work";
- animalise [Brit]
- Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
"War can animalize even the gentlest people";
- brutalize, brutalise [Brit], animalise [Brit]
Derived forms: animalizes, animalized, animalizing
Type of: alter, change, interpret, modify, represent
Encyclopedia: Animalize