decolonize

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

decolonize
    v 1: grant independence to (a former colony); "West Africa was
         decolonized in the early 1960's" [syn: {decolonize},
         {decolonise}] [ant: {colonise}, {colonize}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

decolonize \decolonize\ v. t.
   to grant independence to (a former colony). [Also spelled
   {decolonise}.]
   [WordNet 1.5]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

decolonize \decolonize\ v. i.
   to release one's colonies and free them to become
   independednt nations; -- of nations. [Also spelled
   {decolonise}.]
   [PJC]

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