verb
1. represent in the form of an animal
• Syn: ↑animalize
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
2. make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
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Life in the camps had brutalized him
• Derivationally related forms: ↑brutalisation (for: ↑brutalise), ↑brutal (for: ↑brutalize), ↑brutalization (for: ↑brutalize)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
3. become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
• Derivationally related forms: ↑brutalisation (for: ↑brutalise), ↑brutal (for: ↑brutalize), ↑brutalization (for: ↑brutalize)
• Hypernyms: ↑change
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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anˈimalize or anˈimalise transitive verb
1. To represent or conceive in animal form (rare)
2. To endow with animal life or the properties of animal matter
3. To convert into animal matter
4. To brutalize, sensualize
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Main Entry: ↑animal
Useful english dictionary. 2012.