Italian edit

Etymology edit

From verticale +‎ -izzare.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ver.ti.ka.lidˈd͡za.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ver‧ti‧ca‧liz‧zà‧re

Verb edit

verticalizzàre (first-person singular present verticalìzzo, first-person singular past historic verticalizzài, past participle verticalizzàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, architecture) to organize (a structure) vertically
  2. (transitive, business, economics) to integrate vertically
  3. (transitive, sports) to push (the ball) upfield
  4. (transitive, politics) to exacerbate, to push (a protest, a disagreement, etc.) to the extreme

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