Vietnamize

American  

[vee-et-nuh-mahyz, vyet-, vee-it-] / viˈɛt nəˌmaɪz, ˈvyɛt-, 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

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

Subsequent shows chronicle the attempt to "Vietnamize" the conflict by withdrawing U.S. troops, the simultaneous expansion of the war to Cambodia and Laos, North Viet Nam's public relations triumph despite the military failure of its 1968 Tet offensive, the protracted peace negotiations, and the antiwar movement in the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive