externalize
verb (used with object)
to make external; embody in an outward form.
externalized
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past participleof externalize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof externalize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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However, the moment the democracy debate becomes externalized, many Indians become irritated and end up closing ranks against “outsiders.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2023
Migration control “is almost completely externalized to Tunisia,” Megerisi said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
In contrast, Joe imagines a rich inner life that he externalized in destructive ways.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2023
In “Ikiru,” the great Takashi Shimura externalized his character’s desperation with enormous, wide-open eyes and a drooping stare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
Here was her humanity externalized, and all her longing—for freedom, from disgust, from the confines of her metal cage.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
