industrialize
verb (used with object)
to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
industrialized
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past participleof industrialize.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 industrialize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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And it came about because more than half a century ago, when it appeared that the coast was becoming too privatized and industrialized, a citizen uprising led to the protections we enjoy today.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
It follows a 0.6% rise in the first quarter—the fastest among the Group of 7 leading industrialized nations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Many of these bacteria are rarely found in people living in modern industrialized societies.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
By 2001 China had industrialized the same trade, and the machine had two engines.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
One general theory for the origin of aids goes at, during the late nineteen-sixties, a new and crative business grew up in Africa, the export of primates to industrialized countries for use in medical research.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
