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Adjective: centralizing  'sen-tru`lI-zing
  1. Tending to draw to a central point
    "In recent years, however, the centralizing pace has been greatly accelerated, as the result of the buildings of railroads"
    - centralising [Brit]
Verb: centralize  'sen-tru`lIz
  1. Make central
    "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"
    - centralise [Brit], concentrate

See also: centralization, centripetal, consolidative, integrative, unifying

Type of: alter, change, modify

Antonym: decentralize, decentralizing

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