verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To subject to deindustrialization; to deprive of industry. intransitive, transitive

   "Thus, the U.K., the first nation to industrialize, was also the first to deindustrialize."

Antonyms

All antonyms

industrializereindustrialize

Example

More examples

"Thus, the U.K., the first nation to industrialize, was also the first to deindustrialize."

Etymology

From de- + industrialize.

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