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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of radicalise.

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Examples

  • Khyaboon and Kalam Sabz shed light on the divergent strains within the protest movement and the way in which one part of society radicalises its requests and slogans.

    Global Voices in English » Iran: Protests prompt emergence of underground Internet newspapers 2009

  • Meanwhile, there is a situation on campus which not only radicalises British students, but says to Pakistani and other foreign students that the most backward ideas of their own societies – in relation to women, non-Muslims, homosexuals and others – are entirely acceptable in Britain.

    Will political correctness kill us? GayandRight 2009

  • The encyclical entitled 'Spe Salvi' and sent out by Benedict XVI last November 30th, ratifies and radicalises the anathema of a Catholic Church set against a modernity guilty of disobeying God and consequently hurling itself into desperate nihilism.

    Archive 2008-02-10 de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • The encyclical entitled 'Spe Salvi' and sent out by Benedict XVI last November 30th, ratifies and radicalises the anathema of a Catholic Church set against a modernity guilty of disobeying God and consequently hurling itself into desperate nihilism.

    Crusade of Benedict XVI de Brantigny........................ 2008

  • If you reduce this debate to ‘What foreign policy radicalises the least British Muslims and so carries least risk for the UK’ then what you are asking is not how can this murderous nihilist philosophy be defeated but how can the UK get out of the firing line and let other countries take the flak.

    Bringing it home Rachel 2006

  • Much as Arab Islamists have been doing for quite a while: ...nothing so easily radicalises a people against us, or undermines the moderate aspect of Islam, as aggressive western intrusion in the east: the histories of Islamic fundamentalism and western imperialism have often been closely, and dangerously, intertwined...

    Daimnation!: Jihadis yesterday and today 2006

  • Al-Qaeda 'still planning operations in Britain', Theresa May warns The leadership of al-Qaeda is still planning operations in Britain as it radicalises and recruits cells for operations overseas, the Home Secretary has warned.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Yes, The crusades flags up how aggression by one culture radicalises another, whether the aggressors are salvation-seeking crusaders or suicide bombers intent on their 72 virgins.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Robert Colvile 2012

  • The National Union of Students has a strict ban on Hizb ut Tahrir amid fears it radicalises vulnerable young minds.

    Evening Standard - Home Tom Harper 2011

  • It also radicalises people like Osama bin Ladin and the 9/11 bombers.

    Life and style | guardian.co.uk Fahad Faruqui 2010

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