Animalise (Verb)
Meaning 1
Become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling.
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The extreme conditions of war animalise the soldiers and reduce them to mere beasts of battle.
- The years spent in prison had animalise him to the point where he no longer showed remorse for his crimes.
- Constant exposure to violence on television tends to animalise our kids and desensitise them to human suffering.
- The chaotic and violent world of professional boxing often animalise its participants and push them to their limits.
- Years of endless poverty had animalise the population of the city to the point where they were accepting of their extremely poor living conditions.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 3
Represent in the form of an animal.
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.