industrialize
verb
in·dus·tri·al·ize
in-ˈdə-strē-ə-ˌlīz 
industrialized; industrializing
: to make industrial
industrialize an agricultural region
: to become industrial
Examples of industrialize in a Sentence
The government hopes to industrialize some of the agricultural regions.
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Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2025
These scams have been industrialized and are fast becoming the most likely way you’ll be defrauded.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Much like Trump wants to do today, Argentina imposed high tariffs on foreign goods in the late 1940s in an effort to industrialize the country.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
Fake trailer channels are using the technology to industrialize their output and piggyback on YouTube’s algorithm.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 28 Mar. 2025
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industrialize
verb
in·dus·tri·al·ize
in-ˈdəs-trē-ə-ˌlīz
industrialized; industrializing
: to make or become industrial
industrialize an agricultural region
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