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decolonize
2 dictionary results for: decolonise
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de·col·o·nize       [dee-kol-uh-nahyz] Pronunciation Key verb, -nized, -niz·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to release from the status of a colony.
2.to allow (a colony) to become self-governing or independent.
–verb (used without object)
3.to free a colony to become self-governing or independent.
Also, especially British, de·col·o·nise.

[Origin: de- + colonize]

—Related forms
de·col·o·ni·za·tion, noun
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decolonise

verb
grant independence to (a former colony); "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's" [syn: decolonize] [ant: colonise] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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