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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Novels were written and movies were made about how an encounter with hostile, suspicious border officials could radicalize even those who previously loved America.
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Mihir Sharma, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
The Interior Ministry said that the boy, an Austrian with Turkish roots, was arrested in the capital on Feb. 10 and had been radicalized online.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 20 Feb. 2025
This creates a dangerous feedback loop in which extremism and violence are normalized through the glorification of historical events that celebrate acts of rebellion while strengthening identities that radicalize individuals.
—Art Jipson, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2025
McVeigh was a Gulf War veteran who had become radicalized by anti-government beliefs and hoped to inspire a revolution against the federal government with the bombing.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 18 Apr. 2025
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Mihir Sharma, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
The Interior Ministry said that the boy, an Austrian with Turkish roots, was arrested in the capital on Feb. 10 and had been radicalized online.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 20 Feb. 2025
This creates a dangerous feedback loop in which extremism and violence are normalized through the glorification of historical events that celebrate acts of rebellion while strengthening identities that radicalize individuals.
—Art Jipson, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2025
McVeigh was a Gulf War veteran who had become radicalized by anti-government beliefs and hoped to inspire a revolution against the federal government with the bombing.
—Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 18 Apr. 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 29 May. 2025.
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