Definition of "suburbanize" []

• To render suburban; impart a suburban character to. (verb-transitive)

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• ""suburbanize" the neighborhood and ruin its eclectic vibrancy."
• "Blacks like other groups continue to suburbanize, said Seth Forman, chief planner with the Long Island Regional Planning Council."
• "People and jobs have continued to sprawl and suburbanize since the turn of the century, just as they were doing before. joe from Lowell says:"