colonized

Definitions

To have established a colony or colonies in a country or area.

To have sent a group of people to a new place to settle and establish political control.

To have populated an area with a specific type of organism or group.

Examples

The ancient empire colonized several islands across the vast ocean to expand its trade routes.

Scientists are researching whether microorganisms could have colonized the harsh environment of Mars.

Many nations were colonized by European powers during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Synonyms

settled occupied subjugated conquered peopled inhabited dominated

Antonyms

liberated decolonized freed emancipated independent sovereign autonomous