radicalize
verb (used with object)
to make radical or more radical, as in politics.
radicalise
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a variation of
radicalize.
Example Sentences
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The 54-year-old spent three months in a cell where inmates attempted to "radicalise" him 10 hours a day.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2023
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said extremists had used the lockdowns to "spread disinformation" and "radicalise the vulnerable".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2021
In the same way that having a baby makes a person suddenly aware of steps a buggy can’t manage, so it can radicalise them, creating a family determined to improve their planet’s future.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2020
In the wilds of early 90s Olympia, in America’s Pacific Northwest, Bikini Kill’s “revolution girl style now” aimed to radicalise girls and women to take direct action against sexism.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2019
They exert no moderating, countervailing influence - on the contrary, they radicalise, dramatize, poison and incite.
From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Samuel Vaknin
