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polarize

verbCommon GRE wordMore P words

to divide into sharply opposing groups or opinions

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Polarize in a sentence

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The proposal polarized the town into bitterly opposed camps.

Synonyms
dividesplitseparateestrange
Antonyms
unitereconcileharmonize

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The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.

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Polarize (verb) means to divide into sharply opposing groups or opinions
Here is polarize used in an example sentence: "The proposal polarized the town into bitterly opposed camps."
Common synonyms for polarize include divide, split, separate, estrange.
Antonyms of polarize include unite, reconcile, harmonize.
Polarize is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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