decolonize

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verb

grant independence to (a former colony)
- West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's
• Syn:
decolonise
• Ant:
colonise (for: decolonise), colonize
• Derivationally related forms:
decolonisation (for: decolonise), decolonization
• Hypernyms:
liberate, set free
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something