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in⋅dus⋅tri⋅al⋅ize

  [in-duhs-tree-uh-lahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
Use industrialise in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
2. to convert to the ideals, methods, aims, etc., of industrialism.
–verb (used without object)
3. to undergo industrialization.
4. to follow or espouse industrialism.
Also, especially British, in⋅dus⋅tri⋅al⋅ise.

Origin:
1880–85; industrial + -ize

Related forms:
in⋅dus⋅tri⋅al⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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