animalizing

present participle of animalize

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for animalizing
Verb
  • Some of these deportation efforts have been purposefully dehumanizing, like the opening of Alligator Alcatraz.
    William D. Lopez, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The oversimplification of a complex developmental difference that exists on a spectrum of many different abilities and experiences is dehumanizing at best and dangerous at its worst, autism experts, advocacy groups and members of the community told USA TODAY.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But Antonio distracts him by accusing him in the town square of sending Justina off to El Alcazar and poisoning his son.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Hogan initially denied poisoning her estranged husband, according to police, but later changed her story.
    Mike Stunson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This announcement, humiliating the involved member, is harmful.
    Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Lesnar, who returned with a violent message on SmackDown, made his intentions clear by brutalizing Cena and issuing the challenge.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Animalizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animalizing. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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