communize

verb

com·mu·nize ˈkäm-yə-ˌnīz

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communized; communizing

transitive verb

: to make common

: to make into state-owned property

: to subject to Communist principles of organization

communization

ˌkäm-yə-nə-ˈzā-shən

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noun

Examples of communize in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Whether due to paranoia, or just to insure that any defensive battles are not fought on the motherland's soil, evidence is seen in the USSR surrounding itself with 'communized' countries during the Cold War. —

Alaska Dispatch News, 9 July 2017

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