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communalize

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com⋅mu⋅nal⋅ize

  [kuh-myoon-l-ahyz, kom-yuh-nl-]
Use communalize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
to make communal; to make (land, a business, etc.) the property of the community: The town communalized the estate for a public park.
Also, especially British, com⋅mu⋅nal⋅ise.

Origin:
1880–85; communal + -ize

Related forms:
com⋅mu⋅nal⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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com·mu·nal·ize   (kə-myōō'nə-līz', kŏm'yə-nə-)   
tr.v.   com·mu·nal·ized, com·mu·nal·iz·ing, com·mu·nal·iz·es
To convert into communal property.
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