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      animalize
      verb
      become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling
      make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman
      represent in the form of an animal
      Roots
      animaanim- · Latin · breath, life, soulalis-al · Latin · relating toizein-ize · Greek · to make, cause to be
      Words related to animalize
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      The word animalize breaks down into 3 roots of Latin and Greek origin: anim, from Latin anima (“breath, life, soul”); -al, from Latin alis (“relating to”); and -ize, from Greek izein (“to make, cause to be”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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