nationalize

[nash-uh-nl-ahyz, nash-nuh-lahyz] / ˈnæʃ ə nlˌaɪz, ˈnæʃ nəˌlaɪz /

VERB

socialize

Synonyms

STRONG

associate club communalize consort entertain fraternize hobnob join league mingle mix

WEAK

chum with get about get around get-together go out hang around with hang out keep company make advances make the rounds pal around run with tie up with

Antonyms

STRONG

disagree disassociate disconnect disjoin dissociate divide separate sever

Example Sentences

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Founded in 1952 as Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, it spent nearly three decades as a publicly traded stock before delisting in 1998 when it was nationalized during the country’s banking crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal

The US president did not specify what oil or land he was referring to, but Venezuela in the 1970s nationalized its oil industry.

From Barron's

They sought to accelerate the acculturation and assimilation of the many immigrants into one people, which, as the Massachusetts political and literary figure Fisher Ames pointed out, meant, “to use the modern jargon, nationalized.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Padre Tiago has threatened to eradicate American influence and to nationalize the United Fruit Co. plantations.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then came the collapse of the government-sponsored entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, both promptly nationalized.

From Literature