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Definition of Sovietise

1. Verb. Bring under Soviet control, of a country.

2. Verb. Model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union. "Castro sovietized Cuba"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sovietise

sovereignest sovereignist sovereignists sovereignize sovereignized sovereignizes sovereignizing sovereignly sovereigns sovereignties

sovereigntist sovereigntists sovereignty soviet sovietic sovietise (current term) sovietism sovietisms sovietization sovietizations

sovietize sovietized sovietizes sovietizing soviets sovkhoz sovkhozes sovkhozy sovran sovranly

Literary usage of Sovietise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Along Parallel Lines: A History of the Railways of New South Wales by John Gunn (1989)
"The plain meaning of this is that he offers to become the mouthpiece through which those particular unions now trying to sovietise the management of our ..."

2. Riga & Its Beachesby Farrol Kahn by Farrol Kahn (2000)
"To sovietise the memorial site, twenty-three Soviet soldiers were buried in the cemetery in 1958. When independence was achieved for a second time, ..."

3. Riga & Its Beachesby Farrol Kahn by Farrol Kahn (2004)
"To sovietise the memorial site, twenty-three Soviet soldiers were buried in the cemetery in 1958. When independence was achieved for a second time, ..."

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