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Vi⋅et⋅nam⋅ize

[vee-et-nuh-mahyz, vyet-, vee-it-]
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
to place under Vietnamese control or responsibility; subject to Vietnamization.
Also, especially British, Vi⋅et⋅nam⋅ise.


Origin:
1955–60; Vietnam + -ize
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Vi·et·nam·ize   (vē-ět'nə-mīz', vyět'-, vē'ĭt-)   
tr.v.   Vi·et·nam·ized, Vi·et·nam·iz·ing, Vi·et·nam·iz·es
To turn over responsibility for (military operations, for example) to the South Vietnamese: "a policy of Vietnamizing the actual fighting" (C.L. Sulzberger).
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