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suburbanize

[suh-bur-buh-nahyz]
verb (used with object), sub·ur·ban·ized, sub·ur·ban·iz·ing.
  1. to give suburban characteristics to: to suburbanize a rural area.
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Also especially British, sub·ur·ban·ise.

Origin of suburbanize

First recorded in 1890–95; suburban + -ize
Related formssub·ur·ban·i·za·tion, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for suburbanize

suburbanize

suburbanise

verb
  1. (tr) to make suburban
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Word Origin and History for suburbanize

v.

1893, from suburban + -ize. Related: Suburbanized; suburbanizing.

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