Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To free (a colony) from dependent status.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to grant independence to (a former colony).
- intransitive verb to release one's colonies and free them to become independednt nations; -- of nations.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to release from the status of
colony - verb to allow a colony to become independent
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb grant independence to (a former colony)
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Examples
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The new constitution seeks to give the central government greater control over natural resources and "decolonize" the country by redistributing wealth and recognizing new rights for Bolivia's majority indigenous population.
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As one pure-bred Marxist at the public university described it to me, Bolivia has to "decolonize" from the imperialist powers.
Nathaniel Loewentheil: A Ballot of Bolivian Identity: Today's Presidential Election 2009
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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.
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Bolivia's first Indian president says the charter will "decolonize" South America's poorest country, undoing the influence of its Spanish conquerers.
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Bolivia's first Indian president says the charter will "decolonize" South America's poorest country, undoing the influence of its Spanish conquerers.
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An official vote count will be announced Feb. Morales says the charter would "decolonize" Bolivia by championing indigenous values lost since the Spanish conquest.
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Bolivia's first Indian president says the charter will "decolonize" South America's poorest country, undoing the influence of its Spanish conquerers.
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Bolivia's first Indian president says the charter will "decolonize" South America's poorest country, undoing the influence of its Spanish conquerers.
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Bolivia's first Indian president says the charter will "decolonize" South America's poorest country, undoing the influence of its Spanish conquerers.
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Bolivia's first Indian president says the charter will "decolonize" South America's poorest country, undoing the influence of its Spanish conquerers.
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