industrialize
verb
in·dus·tri·al·ize
in-ˈdə-strē-ə-ˌlīz 
industrialized; industrializing
: to make industrial
industrialize an agricultural region
: to become industrial
Examples of industrialize in a Sentence
The government hopes to industrialize some of the agricultural regions.
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Unlike Bristol’s downtown, the eastern Route 6 area was never heavily industrialized.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2024
Shootouts and vigilantism throughout the South and West, as well as urban strife and labor unrest in the industrializing Northeast and Midwest, characterized the late 19th century.
—Anthony Gregory / Made By History, TIME, 23 July 2024
The industrializing world’s pursuit of rapid economic growth is contingent on the expansion of on-demand power generation of the sort that only fossil fuels and nuclear energy can provide.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 13 June 2024
And much of the lower Mississippi is heavily industrialized — between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, for example, oil, gas and chemical plants line the river.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2024
Shootouts and vigilantism throughout the South and West, as well as urban strife and labor unrest in the industrializing Northeast and Midwest, characterized the late 19th century.
—Anthony Gregory / Made By History, TIME, 23 July 2024
The industrializing world’s pursuit of rapid economic growth is contingent on the expansion of on-demand power generation of the sort that only fossil fuels and nuclear energy can provide.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 13 June 2024
And much of the lower Mississippi is heavily industrialized — between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, for example, oil, gas and chemical plants line the river.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
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industrialize
verb
in·dus·tri·al·ize
in-ˈdəs-trē-ə-ˌlīz
industrialized; industrializing
: to make or become industrial
industrialize an agricultural region
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