 decolonize |
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| 1. | [ verb ] (politics) grant independence to (a former colony) | |
| Synonyms: | decolonise | |
| Examples: | "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's" |
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| Related terms: | colonize liberate decolonization | |
| Similar spelling: |
decolonise desalinize |
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