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centralise

alt. (context British spelling English) (alternative spelling of centralize English) vb. (context British spelling English) (alternative spelling of centralize English)

WordNet
centralise

v. make central; "The Russian government centralized the distribution of food" [syn: centralize, concentrate] [ant: decentralize, decentralize, decentralize]

Usage examples of "centralise".

In late December under the impact of the Bolshevik Revolution, pressure mounted within the Spartacist League to transform itself from a loose-knit federal organisation into a centralised communist party.

I had not yet learned to understand that in order to realise the revolutionary goal a firmly welded centralised party is indispensable.

Buddhist monk for his anti-Buddhist policies the centralised monarchy fell apart into an age of feudal disintegration.

But I was against the Leninist 'regime' because I had not yet learned to understand that in order to realise the revolutionary goal a firmly welded centralised party is indispensable.

The basis for this antagonism was Trotsky s violent opposition to Lenin's struggle to build up a stable, centralised and disciplined Marxist Party.

Maintaining Roke as a strong centralising, normalising, pacific element in Archipelagan society, the archmages sent out sorcerers and wizards trained to understand the ethical practice of magic and to protect communities from drought, plague, invaders, dragons, and the unscrupulous use of their art.

The whole unifying idea of mankind seemed to be dying with his father, the centralising force that had held the whole together seemed to collapse with his father, the parts were ready to go asunder in terrible disintegration.

Industrial base cut so close to the bone the marrow's leaking out, the old vaguely socialist inefficiencies replaced with more rabid capitalist ones, power centralised, corruption institutionalised, and a generation created which'll never have any skills beyond opening a car with a coat hanger and knowing which solvents give you the best buzz with a plastic bag over your head before you throw up or pass out.