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Definition of "domesticize" []

  • To domesticate. (verb-transitive)

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 "domesticize" in a sentence
  • "If the American media rushed to internationalize 9/11, they seemed to be in an equal hurry in the case of 26/11 (as we would call it in India) to domesticize it, as if "terror" is something that happens regularly in India, like water problems, or sly airport touts."
  • "Let’s try and domesticize this: who of the smaller parties wants the biggest payoffs, and which of those are politically feasible?"
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