nationalise

Other forms: nationalised; nationalising

Definitions of nationalise
  1. verb
    put under state control or ownership
    synonyms: nationalize
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    antonyms:
    denationalise
    put under private control or ownership
    types:
    communise, communize
    make into property owned by the state
    type of:
    alter, change, modify
    cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
  2. verb
    make national in character or scope
    synonyms: nationalize
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    type of:
    alter, change, modify
    cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
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