radicalize
verb
rad·i·cal·ize
ˈra-di-kə-ˌlīz 
radicalized; radicalizing
: to make radical especially in politics
Examples of radicalize in a Sentence
The war has radicalized an entire generation of young people.
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Authorities said during a news conference following the arrests that the suspects had become radicalized via the internet by the Islamic State terror group.
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Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
Active Clubs frame themselves as innocuous workout groups on digital platforms and decentralized networks to recruit, radicalize and prepare members for racist violence.
—Art Jipson, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
When that happens, disenchanted moderates will radicalize, and income inequality will detonate.
—Matt K. Lewis, Twin Cities, 19 Aug. 2025
Gilroy’s version was an origin story tracing the making of a revolutionary, the education of Cassian Andor as a scruffy, reluctant malcontent who is radicalized into a rebel leader.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2025
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Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 27 Aug. 2025
Active Clubs frame themselves as innocuous workout groups on digital platforms and decentralized networks to recruit, radicalize and prepare members for racist violence.
—Art Jipson, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2025
When that happens, disenchanted moderates will radicalize, and income inequality will detonate.
—Matt K. Lewis, Twin Cities, 19 Aug. 2025
Gilroy’s version was an origin story tracing the making of a revolutionary, the education of Cassian Andor as a scruffy, reluctant malcontent who is radicalized into a rebel leader.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for radicalize
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“Radicalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radicalize. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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