Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb animalize

3 senses of animalize

Sense 1
animalize, animalise -- (represent in the form of an animal)
       => represent, interpret -- (create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl")

Sense 2
brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise -- (make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 3
brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise -- (become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling)
       => change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")