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INDUSTRIALIZE
industrialize, industrialise
(verb) develop industry; become industrial; “The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West”
industrialize, industrialise
(verb) organize (the production of something) into an industry; “The Chinese industrialized textile production”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
industrialize (third-person singular simple present industrializes, present participle industrializing, simple past and past participle industrialized)
(of a country) To develop industry; to become industrial.
(of a process) To organize along industrial lines.
Antonyms
• deindustrialize
Source: Wiktionary
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COVERT
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