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deruralizing

deruralizing is the present participle and gerund of deruralize.

Meaning of deruralize

Verb

deruralize (third-person singular simple present deruralizes, present participle deruralizing, simple past and past participle deruralized)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To make or become no longer rural.
    • The introduction of modern technology meant that many areas were soon deruralized.

Questions about deruralizing

What is deruralizing the present participle and gerund of?
Deruralizing is the present participle and gerund of deruralize.

Words near deruralizing in the dictionary

  1. deruralisation
  2. deruralization
  3. deruralize
  4. deruralized
  5. deruralizes
  6. deruralizing
  7. Derusha
  8. Derushas
  9. derussianization
  10. derussification
  11. derussified

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