territorialize

American  

[ter-i-tawr-ee-uh-lahyz, -tohr-] / ˌtɛr ɪˈtɔr i əˌlaɪz, -ˈtoʊr- /

especially British, territorialise

verb (used with object)

territorialized, territorializing

1. to extend by adding new territory.

2. to reduce to the status of a territory.

3. to make territorial.

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territorialize British  

/ ˌtɛrɪˈtɔːrɪəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. to make a territory of

2. to place on a territorial basis

   the militia was territorialized

3. to enlarge (a country) by acquiring more territory

4. to make territorial

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Other Word Forms

• territorialization noun

Etymology

Origin of territorialize

First recorded in 1810–20; territorial + -ize