radicalize
verb
rad·i·cal·ize
ˈra-di-kə-ˌlīz 
radicalized; radicalizing
: to make radical especially in politics
Examples of radicalize in a Sentence
The war has radicalized an entire generation of young people.
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Investigators found a stockpile of chemicals, explosive devices, detonators and over $20,000 in counterfeit cash at the home of the main suspect, a 19-year-old ISIS sympathizer who had been radicalized online, according to Franz Ruf, public security director at Austria’s interior ministry.
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Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
So far, the main 19-year-old suspect — who was reportedly radicalized online and had pledge allegiance to the Islamic State terror group — has been arrested, along with a 17-year-old who’d reportedly gotten a gig working for a company providing services to the stadium.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2024
Five years ago, Gary Younge, a British journalist and author who spent several years in the U.S., wrote in the Guardian that white people were being radicalized in alarming numbers by the far right.
—Mohammed Hanif, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2024
The suspects, one a 19-year-old Austrian citizen, reportedly radicalized online and had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in July.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2024
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Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
So far, the main 19-year-old suspect — who was reportedly radicalized online and had pledge allegiance to the Islamic State terror group — has been arrested, along with a 17-year-old who’d reportedly gotten a gig working for a company providing services to the stadium.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2024
Five years ago, Gary Younge, a British journalist and author who spent several years in the U.S., wrote in the Guardian that white people were being radicalized in alarming numbers by the far right.
—Mohammed Hanif, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2024
The suspects, one a 19-year-old Austrian citizen, reportedly radicalized online and had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in July.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Radicalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radicalize. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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