industrialize
verb (used with object)
to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
industrialise
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a variation of
industrialize.
Example Sentences
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From timber and textiles to minerals, Indian entrepreneur Gagan Gupta has spent the past 15 years working to industrialise Africa.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
The proposed site, she says, was "not compatible with a solar farm, which would industrialise this very precious landscape habitat".
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2023
"To industrialise something like this usually takes at least five years," he said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 9, 2022
When countries industrialise, they use far more water.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 12, 2012
“We have to industrialise India, and as rapidly as possible,” said the country’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, in 1951.
From Economist ● Aug. 9, 2012
