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Colonize
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Meaning
Verb
●
To
settle
(a place) with
colonists
, and hence make (a place) into a colony.
●
To
settle
(a group of people, a
species
, or the like) in a place as a colony.
●
To
settle
among and
establish
control over (the
indigenous
people of an area).
●
To
begin
a
colony
or colonies.
●
In Social sciences:
To
intrude
into and
take over
(the
autonomy
, experience,
social movement
, etc, of a less
powerful
person or group); to
commandeer
or appropriate.
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Terraform
Reconquer
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Occupy
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Annex
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Penetrate
Industrialize
Overpopulate
Infiltrate
Recolonise
Enter
Reproduce
Attack
Enslave
Contaminate
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Harbor
Civilize
Dominate
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Parasitize
Engulf
Regenerate
Grow
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Assimilate
Liberate
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Defend
Proliferate
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Accumulate
Subjugate
Germinate
Overgrow
Annihilate
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Excavate
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Exploit
Survive
Bind
Lyse
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Plant
Infest
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