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Colonise

verb
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.
2.verbTo settle (a group of people, a species, or the like) in a place as a colony.
3.verbTo settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area).
4.verbTo begin a colony or colonies.
5.verb(by extension) To intrude into and take over (the autonomy, experience, social movement, etc, of a less powerful person or group); to commandeer or appropriate.

Synonyms

colonizesettlecolonisingrecolonisecolonisedrecolonizecolonizinginvadecolonizedcolonizescolonisationindustrialise

Rhymes With

swollen eyes
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