(~s, collectivizing, ~d)
Note: in BRIT, also use 'collectivise'
If farms or factories are ~d, they are brought under state ownership and control, usually by combining a number of small farms or factories into one large one.
Most large businesses were ~d at the start of the war...
He forced the country to ~ agriculture.
...large collectivised farms.
VERB: be V-ed, V n, V-ed
collectivization
...the collectivisation of agriculture.
N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n