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from The Century Dictionary.

  • See radicalize.

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  • verb Alternative spelling of radicalize.

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Examples

  • That would be akin to Churchill having warned we shouldn't bomb Hitler's Germany as such an action might "radicalise" Japan, Spain and Italy and strengthen the S.S. It really is a huge mistake to even consider passive acceptance of terrorists on the grounds those who might sympathise with their cause may join ranks.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • The evidence from the field study is that young men become Taliban combatants for a mix of reasons (religious sentiment may be one) but their peers then 'radicalise' them into presenting their cause only in terms of jihad and only with reference to Islam.

    Derrick Crowe: The Explosion of the Afghan Insurgency: Utterly Predictable, Yet Hotly Debated 2009

  • Their aim is to spark clashes with the police that would 'radicalise' the Muslim community in the hope that they could then be recruited to Marxist revolutionary organisations such as the Socialist Workers Party and Respect.

    The British National Party 2009

  • Their aim is to spark clashes with the police that would 'radicalise' the Muslim community in the hope that they could then be recruited to Marxist revolutionary organisations such as the Socialist Workers Party and Respect.

    The British National Party 2009

  • UK: Officials fear Gaza will "radicalise" British Muslims at Jihad Watch

    Israelated - English Israel blogs 2009

  • 'radicalise' those organisations even more, every megaphone and loud-hailer would be out in the streets in a matter of hours.

    newmatilda.com - Comments 2009

  • 'radicalise' those organisations even more, every megaphone and loud-hailer would be out in the streets in a matter of hours.

    newmatilda.com - Comments 2009

  • Ibrahaim Arafat, a political scientist at Qatar University, warned that Mubarak's defiant performance would radicalise the situation.

    Mubarak's defiance could spell disaster 2011

  • The basic strategy of the group remained the same: a series of spectacular violent actions to radicalise and mobilise potential recruits, to weaken the enemy economically and morally and to eventually provoke a mass uprising that would lead to the establishment of a new caliphate.

    Osama bin Laden obituary 2011

  • Al-Qaida's campaign would take two main forms: guerrilla wars like that in Afghanistan and a series of spectacular and violent actions which would radicalise and mobilise all those who had hitherto shunned the call to arms, eventually provoking a mass uprising that would lead to a new era for the world's Muslims.

    Osama bin Laden obituary 2011

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