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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
colonize .
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Examples
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NDM-1 is potentially more destructive than MRSA, and it may not be long before NDM-1 colonizes all of our hospitals.
Family Affair Amity Shlaes 2010
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An alien force colonizes an otherwise sane and sound mind, forcing the possessed person to behave in a wicked way.
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Since the infections were in their throats and staph colonizes the nose, the men hypothesized that there had been some synergy.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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Since the infections were in their throats and staph colonizes the nose, the men hypothesized that there had been some synergy.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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One lot colonizes, fences and oppresses Palestine with a whoop of nuclear-armed triumph.
When A Map Is Worth a Thousand Words « Antiwar.com Blog 2008
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Another model is adaptive radiation, such as when a species of bird first colonizes an island, then diversifies into a variety of forms to take advantage of the available niches.
Continuation… 2008
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Even in the excerpts Smith herself quotes from Netherland, there are vivid desciptions of place, which Smith herself admits (‘But in practice Netherland colonizes all space by way of voracious image.’), images which even seem to explore the relationship between time and space, though of course I will need to read the novel before stating this with any conviction.
Zadie Smith, Mark Thwaite, Negativity and Whining for the New 2008
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Since the infections were in their throats and staph colonizes the nose, the men hypothesized that there had been some synergy.
SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010
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As capitalism colonizes the realm of interpersonal relations, we've ceased to become human to each other and instead become "resources" (think "networking") to be exploited for one type of gain or another.
Jim Schumacher and Debbie Bookchin: Our Oil Reserves Are Depleted; It's Time for Utopia 2009
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The Albertine Rift also has papyrus and Carex wetlands, as well as hot springs and a peculiar type of sclerophytic vegetation that colonizes old lava flows in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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