Vietnamize

American  

[vee-et-nuh-mahyz, vyet-, vee-it-] / viˈɛt nəˌmaɪz, ˈvjɛt-, ˈvi ɪt- /

especially British, Vietnamise

verb (used with object)

Vietnamized, Vietnamizing

1. to place under Vietnamese control or responsibility; subject to Vietnamization.

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Etymology

Origin of Vietnamize

First recorded in 1955–60; Vietnam + -ize

Example Sentences

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Vietnamize Vietnamized Vietnamizing

Having spent the last several years assuring the public that his government would Vietnamize the war and withdraw, Nixon felt obliged to renew the air war against the North Vietnamese to contain their attack.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then came a fateful change: The IDF was "Vietnamized."

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2023

Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger had configured the war to end, they hoped, in "peace with honor," or anyway to have the battle "Vietnamized," the allied cause assumed by South Vietnamese forces.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the absence of any signals from Hanoi, the only other plausible course is gradual, orderly withdrawal, accompanied by "Vietnamizing" of the war.

From Time Magazine Archive

In July 1971, he characteristically admonished the North Vietnamese army to "shatter the U.S. imperialist plan of Vietnamizing the war" and to "fight for the greatest victory."

From Time Magazine Archive

He turned over the job of Vietnamizing the Chinese to steely Vice President Nguyen Ngoc Tho.

From Time Magazine Archive