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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Both industrialized what had previously been cottage industries—in Ford’s case, the artisanal carriage trade; in Seabrook’s, market gardening.
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Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 18 June 2025
Both industrialized what had previously been cottage industries—in Ford’s case, the artisanal carriage trade; in Seabrook’s, market gardening.
—John Seabrook
june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
One of the greatest potential dangers to that fragile ecosystem is deep-ocean mining—industrializing the untouched and unseen ocean floor to extract nickel, cobalt, copper, manganese, gold, silver, and more.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 June 2025
Look at people wanting to industrialize the moon and have reusable rockets take us to Mars or WALL-E around you in every sphere of life.
—Lorick Jain, Forbes.com, 27 May 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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