Definitions

nationalize

[nash-uh-nl-ahyz, nash-nuh-lahyz] / ˈnæʃ ə nlˌaɪz, ˈnæʃ nəˌlaɪz /

VERB

socialize

Synonyms

STRONG

associate club communalize consort entertain fraternize hobnob join league mingle mix

WEAK

chum with get about get around get-together go out hang around with hang out keep company make advances make the rounds pal around run with tie up with

Antonyms

STRONG

disagree disassociate disconnect disjoin dissociate divide separate sever

Example Sentences

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They sought to accelerate the acculturation and assimilation of the many immigrants into one people, which, as the Massachusetts political and literary figure Fisher Ames pointed out, meant, “to use the modern jargon, nationalized.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Padre Tiago has threatened to eradicate American influence and to nationalize the United Fruit Co. plantations.

From The Wall Street Journal

An early version of Jara’s platform promised to nationalize mining of lithium and copper.

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In their first two decades in power, they nationalized a thousand companies that then collapsed, seized farmland across the country, bungled the oil industry into steep decline and presided over the theft of untold billions.

From The Wall Street Journal

“So much about state and local politics has become nationalized,” he said.

From MarketWatch