verb
1. equip with armed and armored motor vehicles
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mechanize armies
• Derivationally related forms: ↑motorisation (for: ↑motorise), ↑motorization (for: ↑motorize), ↑motor (for: ↑motorize)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
2. make monotonous; make automatic or routine
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If your work becomes too mechanized, change jobs!
• Syn: ↑mechanize
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
3. make mechanical
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mechanize the procedure
• Syn: ↑mechanize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑mechanisation, ↑mechanization (for: ↑mechanize)
• Hyponyms: ↑dehumanize, ↑dehumanise
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.