VERB | change | denationalize, denationalise | put under private control or ownership |
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Sounds | dihnae'shahnahlay.z | |
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Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... |
Meaning | put under private control or ownership. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "The steel industry was denationalized" | |
Synonym | denationalise | |
Narrower | privatize, privatise | change from governmental to private control or ownership |
Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
Opposite | nationalize, nationalise | put under state control or ownership |
Spanish | desnacionalizar, privatizar | |
Catalan | desnacionalitzar, privatitzar | |
Nouns | denationalization | changing something from state to private ownership or control |
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