Colonizing is the act of moving into or taking over a new area. Sometimes people use the word to refer to the act of European people moving into new areas of the world.
The company is colonizing new markets, which is why they are so successful.
The European colonizers came to America to take over the land.
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To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony.
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To settle (a group of people, a species, or the like) in a place as a colony.
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To settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area).
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To begin a colony or colonies.
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(by extension) To intrude into and take over (the autonomy, experience, social movement, etc, of a less powerful person or group); to commandeer or appropriate.
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The country colonized the small island.
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The countless polyps in the colon predispose to the development of colon cancer.
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The character to indent is the colon.
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In the colon they are fermented by anaerobic bacteria.
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The colon is misplaced in the current title.
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The colons just indent the line.
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The more colons, the deeper the indent.
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The people colonized the weak people.
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The process of colonization and expropriation was paradoxical.
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The area was colonized by immemorial people of the Mediterranean.