colonializing
/kəˈloʊniəlaɪzɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of colonialize: the act of bringing a place or people under foreign control or influence.
- The company is colonializing the market by buying out competitors.
- They are colonializing the region by building settlements and imposing new laws.
- The empire spent decades colonializing the continent.
adjective
- Engaged in or relating to the act of bringing a place or people under foreign control or influence.
- Colonializing attitudes still affect how some countries view developing nations.
- The museum exhibit criticized the colonializing practices of the past.
- The colonializing powers often ignored the rights of native peoples.
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