nomadize

verb

no·​mad·​ize

-dīz

-ed/-ing/-s

intransitive verb

: to live the life of a nomad : roam about

transitive verb

: to make nomadic

nomadized by evacuation from the bombed cities

—Foreign Affairs

Word History

Etymology

nomad entry 1 + -ize

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