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decolonize

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  1. grant independence to (a former colony)
    West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's

How To Use decolonize In A Sentence

  • Morales built his campaign on promises to nationalize natural resources and "decolonize" the economy, code words for rolling back the rules of gringo-sponsored capitalism. Calculated Contradictions
  • Any positive patient who wanted to stay in the hospital was decolonized with antibiotics and body washes. SUPERBUG
  • In exchange for this uneasy alliance, the United States had agreed to help establish decolonized protectorates, or “trusteeships,” after the Japanese defeat, with the hope that these would eventually evolve into independent democratic nations. A Covert Affair
  • To prepare the terrain for a genuine emancipation, there is a need for founding social sciences and knowledge on bases that are decolonized, denationalized.
  • Bolivia's first Indian president says the charter will "decolonize" South America's poorest country, undoing the influence of its Spanish conquerers. - Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community
  • An official vote count will be announced Feb. Morales says the charter would "decolonize" Bolivia by championing indigenous values lost since the Spanish conquest. Top Stories - Google News
  • It wasn't only Africa that was decolonized; the end of empire was also a process of decolonialization.
  • West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's
  • Spain seemed in no hurry to decolonize those lands.
  • Striking an anti-imperialist theme, the Bolivian remarks that the atmosphere must be "decolonized" and that rich nations are using more than their fair share of the atmosphere by emitting too much carbon. Nikolas Kozloff: Evo Morales for the Nobel
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