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colonize
verb(col-o-nize)
settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)
Synonyms: colonise,
Examples:
The British colonized the East Coast.
colonize
verb(col-o-nize)
settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world
Synonyms: colonise,
Antonyms: decolonize,
Examples:
Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century.

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