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localize

 verb
     
lo‧cal‧ize also localise British English [transitive] formal
1 to find out exactly where something is:
A mechanic is trying to localize the fault.
2 to limit the effect that something has, or the size of area it covers:
They hoped to localize the fighting.
—localization noun [uncountable]
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