bestialize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bestialize
    v 1: make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to
         [syn: {bestialize}, {bestialise}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Bestialize \Bes"tial*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bestialized}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Bestializing}.]
   To make bestial, or like a beast; to degrade; to brutalize.
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         The process of bestializing humanity.    --Hare.
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