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jihadize

jihadize verb: to increase the jihadistic nature of.

Verb

jihadize (third-person singular simple present jihadizes, present participle jihadizing, simple past and past participle jihadized)

  1. To increase the jihadistic nature of
    • As noted in this book's introduction, the former would himself “jihadize” years later2014, Jordan Hahn, The Caucasus Emirate Mujahedin
    • In late 2005, the efforts to "jihadize" the ChRI underground state and mujahedin forces sparked an open fissure between the nationalist Sufi faction2008 Post-Soviet Affairs - Volume 24 - Page 7

Forms of jihadize

third-person singular presentjihadizes
present participlejihadizing
past participlejihadized
pastjihadized

Origin of jihadize

From jihad + -ize.

Questions about jihadize

What does jihadize mean?
Jihadize means to increase the jihadistic nature of.
What part of speech is jihadize?
Jihadize is a verb.
What is the past tense of jihadize?
The past tense of jihadize is jihadized.

Words near jihadize in the dictionary

  1. jihadispheres
  2. jihadist
  3. jihadistic
  4. jihadists
  5. jihadization
  6. jihadize
  7. jihadized
  8. jihadizes
  9. jihadizing
  10. jihads
  11. Jihchao

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