Usually means: Transform area to resemble Manhattan.
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  1. Manhattanize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. Manhattanize: Wiktionary
  3. Manhattanize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  4. Manhattanize: Dictionary.com
  5. Manhattanize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Manhattanize)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To construct many tall or densely situated buildings in (a city).

Similar:
massify, manifold, agglomerate, conurbate, densify, structurize, castellate, mezzanine, pile up, loft, more...

Opposite:
suburbanize, ruralize, decentralize

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Similar:
massify, manifold, agglomerate, conurbate, densify, structurize, castellate, mezzanine, pile up, loft, more...

Opposite:
suburbanize, ruralize, decentralize



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