Colonising

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of colonise form-of, gerund, participle, present

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colonizecolonize

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"Ten thousand years ago, the Tomarians travelled through the galaxy in their spaceships, colonising planets. Today, they live again as hunter-gatherers, surviving on what nature provides them here in their adopted home. The old knowledge is lost in the mists of time. They have returned to a simpler, more fulfilling way of life."

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