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nomadize

verb
no·​mad·​ize | \-dīz\
-ed/-ing/-s

Definition of nomadize 

intransitive verb

: to live the life of a nomad : roam about

transitive verb

: to make nomadic nomadized by evacuation from the bombed cities — Foreign Affairs

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nomad entry 1 + -ize

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