Definitions:

1. to become brutal, insensitive and unfeeling verb
   • They were animalised by mistreatment.
2. to make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman verb
   • Their traumatic experience animalised them.
3. to represent in the form of an animal verb
   • I animalised trees for the kid's book.

Synonyms:

• brutalise
• brutalize