radicalize
IPA: rˈædɪkʌɫaɪz
verb
- (transitive) To make radical.
- (intransitive) To become radical; to adopt a radical political stance.
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Examples of "radicalize" in Sentences
- He noted that stepped-up fighting in the tribal areas of Pakistan could further "radicalize" that nation.
- Mencken might have asked: How can one "radicalize" a Muslim when he is already "radicalized" by his creed?
- Iraqi Sunni Muslims waging a long conflict from Syrian soil could once again radicalize Syria’s own Sunni com-munity.
- The vast majority went for salaries / expenses of the "Community Activist" groups which were given "grant monies" by the Annenberg Challenge to 'radicalize' the Chicago school system, including 'radicalizing teachers'.
- While "Just Say Yes" to war in Yemen will increasingly burden the working classes-who pay and fight America's wars-it will "radicalize" more individuals and raise "extremist" threats around the world, as, and once again, did the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
- The United States Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis issued a report last week suggesting that current political and economic conditions are energizing right-wing extremist groups, that many of these groups follow extremely conservative ideologies and that some may seek to recruit and "radicalize" veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.