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    DECOLONIZE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they decolonize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it decolonizes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: decolonized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: decolonized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: decolonizing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Grant independence to (a former colony)play

    Example:

    West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's

    Synonyms:

    decolonise; decolonize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of political and social activities and events

    Hypernyms (to "decolonize" is one way to...):

    liberate; set free (grant freedom to)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Antonym:

    colonize (settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world)

    Derivation:

    decolonization (the action of changing from colonial to independent status)

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