verb
grant independence to (a former colony)
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West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's
• Syn: ↑decolonize
• Ant: ↑colonise, ↑colonize (for: ↑decolonize)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑decolonisation, ↑decolonization (for: ↑decolonize)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.