WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
animalise v 1: represent in the form of an animal [syn: animalize, animalise] 2: make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had brutalized him" [syn: brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise] 3: become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling [syn: brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise]