colonization
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col·o·ni·za·tion
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Definition of colonization
: an act or instance of colonizing
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Other Words from colonization
colonizationist
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Examples of colonization in a Sentence
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CANTERBURY -- Metal detecting enthusiasts Dave Wise and Todd Hiltz will share their experiences discovering relics from as early as the 1600s, the first period of New England colonization. — courant.com, "Community News For The Putnam-Killingly Edition," 28 Aug. 2019 Today’s transportation routes, sources of water and living places were discovered and developed by the Kumeyaay in the pre-colonization period. — Roger Showley, San Diego Union-Tribune, "250 years of San Diego," 30 June 2019 One told me that space colonization was the 21st century’s new religion, a higher purpose that would only become more important after robots robbed us of the meaning provided by work. — James Vincent, The Verge, "I welcomed our new robot overlords at Amazon’s first AI conference," 27 June 2019 Using a type of fluorescent microscopy, researchers from Pennsylvania State University watched fungal colonization in ants from the gaster, the rear end of the abdomen, to the head—and found no trace of fungal cells in the brain. — Jennifer Lu, National Geographic, "How a parasitic fungus turns ants into 'zombies'," 18 Apr. 2019 For one woman who's really sensitive, a small colonization can cause a lot of itching and burning. — Redbook, "12 Shocking Things You Didn't Know About Yeast Infections," 17 Aug. 2017 Abdur Rehman, 78, a resident of the downtown area who has seen Kashmir through its best and worst times, likened the latest episode to the British colonization of the country. — Niha Masih, Washington Post, "‘A dormant volcano’: Kashmir’s streets are quiet, but residents seethe with resentment," 15 Aug. 2019 Japanese curbs on the export of vital chip- and display-making materials to South Korea — the latest manifestation of lingering tensions stretching back to colonization by Tokyo and World War II — threaten to further splinter the industry. — Debby Wubloomberg, Los Angeles Times, "Trump trade war is splitting tech manufacturers along U.S.-China lines," 15 Aug. 2019 Any military cooperation with Japan is difficult because of strong resentment against Japanese brutality during its 1910-1945 colonization of the Korean Peninsula. — Washington Post, "Seoul and Tokyo’s trade war puts military pact at stake," 10 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'colonization.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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