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centralized
 
Adjective centralized has 2 senses
  1. centralized, centralised - drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority; "centralized control of emergency relief efforts"; "centralized government"
    Antonyms: decentralized, decentralised, localized, localised, redistributed, suburbanized, suburbanised
  2. centered, centred, centralized, centralised, focused - concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose
    Antonym: distributed (indirect, via concentrated)
Verb centralize has 1 sense
  1. centralize, centralise, concentrate - make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food"
    --1 is one way to change, alter, modify
    Antonyms: decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
    Derived forms: noun centralization2, noun centralization1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
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