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decolonize

DEFINITIONS OF: decolonize

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v grant independence to (a former colony)

“West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's”
Synonyms:
decolonise
Antonyms:
colonise, colonize
settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world
Type of:
liberate, set free
grant freedom to
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