Verb (used with object), : to suburbanize a rural area. From Dictionary.com.
Izrael destroys his own credibility by saying that Rector is not sufficiently “suburbanised.”. From Wordnik.com. ["Post-racial" US and Canada, Part 3] Reference
"To live in a suburb, to be 'suburban': these may be pejorative words across the western world, but nowhere have they been pronounced more fiercely than in the world's most suburbanised country, the US.". From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
"In the old days you would see these groups conspicuously settling in inner-city areas," said Professor Richard Webber, who developed the database, "but you can now see how most groups have suburbanised themselves.". From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Great cities such as Manchester, Newcastle, Liverpool, Cardiff and Glasgow were keen to proclaim their greatness once again, after decades during which they had been deliberately depopulated, with even their inner cities suburbanised - by both left and rightwing local and central governments. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
It was suburbanised. From Wordnik.com. [Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk] Reference
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