deindustrialize

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To subject to deindustrialization; to deprive of industry.

intransitive, transitive

Equivalents

Españoldesindustrializar

Françaisdésindustrialiser

Deutschdeindustrialisieren entindustrialisieren

4 more languages

Ελληνικάαποβιομηχανίζω

Galegodesindustrializar

Italianodeindustrializzare

Portuguêsdesindustrializar

Examples

“Thus, the U.K., the first nation to industrialize, was also the first to deindustrialize.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

deindustrialized deindustrializes deindustrializing deinert deinerted deinfluence

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