radicalize
[rad-i-kuh-lahyz]
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verb (used with object), rad·i·cal·ized, rad·i·cal·iz·ing.
to make radical or more radical, as in politics: young people who are being radicalized by extremist philosophies.
verb (used without object), rad·i·cal·ized, rad·i·cal·iz·ing.
to become radical or more radical: The regime has increasingly radicalized since the coup.
Also especially British, rad·i·cal·ise.
Origin of radicalize
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What seems to have upset him the most was watching Alessa and Almonte radicalize a local teenager he calls “a regular street kid.”
“This is scary; brutal methods will radicalize a larger number of women,” Sokirianskaya said.
Trying to hold back history and peaceful change may radicalize the situation.
American universities seem to radicalize more middle-class Arabs than did their upbringing in the Middle East.
And some may be pure “lone wolves” who radicalize themselves and carry out their attacks with no outside assistance or support.
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