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normalize
normalize AC (also normalise British English) /ˈnɔːməlaɪz $ ˈnɔːr-/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
 Word Family: noun: NORMALITY/NORMALCYabnormality, normal, normalization; verb: normalize; adverb: normallyabnormally; adjective: normalabnormal
1. if you normalize a situation, or if it normalizes, it becomes normal again:
    Journalists are reporting that the situation has now normalized.
2. if two countries normalize relations, or if relations normalize, the two countries behave in a normal way towards each other again:
    Relations between the countries were formally normalized in 1997.
—normalization /ˌnɔːməlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ ˌnɔːrmələ-/ noun [uncountable]