sovietize

Other forms: sovietized; sovietizing

Definitions of sovietize
  1. verb
    bring under Soviet control, of a country
    synonyms: sovietise
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    type of:
    bring together, join
    cause to become joined or linked
  2. verb
    model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union
    “Castro sovietized Cuba”
    synonyms: sovietise
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    type of:
    model, pattern
    plan or create according to a model or models
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