animalize-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: Represent in the form of an animal.

Examples:
The Greeks animalized Zeus as a swan.
It was popular to animalize the god Isis.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: animalize.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: Make or become brutal or unfeeling, as an animal.

Examples:
Life in the camps animalized him.
The guards animalized the inmates.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: animalize.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3