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TERRITORIALISE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extend by adding territory

Synonyms:

territorialise; territorialize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

broaden; extend; widen (extend in scope or range or area)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place on a territorial basis

Example:

The railways were territorialized

Synonyms:

territorialise; territorialize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

territorialisation (the act of organizing as a territory)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Organize as a territory

Synonyms:

territorialise; territorialize

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

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

organise; organize (cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

territorialisation (the act of organizing as a territory)

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