colonize
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(verb) settle as colonists or establish a colony (in): "The British colonized the East Coast" |
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Related Words: locate, relocate, settle |
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(verb) settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world; "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century" |
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Related Words: annex, take over |
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Antonyms: decolonize |
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