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Adjective: industrialized  `in'dústreeu`lIzd
  1. Made industrial; converted to industrialism
    "industrialized areas"
    - industrialised [Brit]
Verb: industrialize  in'dústreeu`lIz
  1. Organize (the production of something) into an industry
    "The Chinese industrialized textile production"
    - industrialise [Brit]
     
  2. Develop industry; become industrial
    "The nations of South East Asia will quickly industrialize and catch up with the West"
    - industrialise [Brit]

See also: industrial, industrialism, industrialization

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Encyclopedia: Industrialize

Industrialized