colonises
Establishes foreign control
Colonises is the British spelling of colonizes.
To colonise is to establish control over a territory and its people, typically by settling there and imposing foreign governance: Britain colonised much of Africa in the 19th century.
The word extends to any takeover of space: bacteria colonise wounds, invasive species colonise ecosystems.
Figuratively, one thing colonises another when it dominates or pervades it: Advertising has colonised every surface of public life.
Comes to rest
- occupiesFills or holds space
- conquersDefeats and takes control
- annexesAttaches or absorbs
- claimsStatements of truth
establishes · dominates · subjugates · imperialism · empire · settlers · outposts · territory
Lives in permanently
- populatesFills with residents
- spreadsDistributes over area
- infectsTransmits pathogens to
- proliferatesIncreases rapidly in number
microbiome · bacteria · flora · fauna · organisms · gut · skin · host
Absorbs into a larger whole
- imposesForces acceptance of
- influencesPowers that shape behavior
- westernisesMakes culturally European
- displacesRemoves from usual place
appropriates · missionaries · language · education · customs · hegemony · erasure · indoctrination
settles
Comes to rest
claims · establishes · dominates · subjugates · imperialism · empire · settlers · outposts · territory · expansion
inhabits
Lives in permanently
proliferates · microbiome · bacteria · flora · fauna · organisms · gut · skin · host · microbes
assimilates
Absorbs into a larger whole
- imposesForces acceptance of
- influencesPowers that shape behavior
- westernisesMakes culturally European
displaces · appropriates · missionaries · language · education · customs · hegemony · erasure · indoctrination · conversion
cultivates
Nurtures toward growth
- homesteadsRural family properties
- clearsRemoves or vindicates
- farmsAgricultural land holdings
plantations · pioneers · tills · irrigates · reclaims · develops · terraces · land · crops · orchards
colonisesliberates
Sets free from captivity
decolonises · emancipates · frees · relinquishes · cedes
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