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colonialize
colonialize [ kə lṓ ni ə līz ] (3rd person present singular colonializes, present participle colonializing, past and past participle colonialized) or colonialise [ kə lṓ ni ə līz ] (3rd person present singular colonialises, present participle colonialising, past and past participle colonialised)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
make into colony: to enter a nation or other landmass and try to restructure it into a colony

colonialization [ kə lōni əlí záysh'n ] noun
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