English verb: sovietise | |||
| 1. | sovietise (social) bring under Soviet control, of a country | ||
| Synonyms | sovietize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring together, join | ||
| 2. | sovietise (creation) model a country's social, political, and economic structure on the Soviet Union | ||
| Samples | Castro sovietized Cuba. | ||
| Synonyms | sovietize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | model, pattern | ||