Definition of "colonize" [col•o•nize]

To form or establish a colony or colonies in. (verb-transitive)
To migrate to and settle in; occupy as a colony. (verb-transitive)
To resettle or confine (persons) in or as if in a colony. (verb-transitive)
To subjugate (a population) to or as if to a colonial government. (verb-transitive)
To form or establish a colony. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "colonize" in a sentence

"Like there is no inherent reason, nor drive to 'colonize' the bottom of the Marianne Trench in the Pacific."
"The last Quebec Supermarket chain which displayed a similar ignorance and arrogance about Ontario that was called "Maxi Plus", bankrupted itself seeking to "colonize" Toronto."
"Even in an attempt to counter the notion of export led growth and contraction in the textile industry, statements such as these in a sense "colonize" caste and make it serve the master of the model."

Words like "colonize"

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