1. to make rural in character; to cause to become more like the countryside
Usage: British spelling

Examples

• The government’s plan aims to ruralise the suburban areas by promoting agriculture.
• They decided to ruralise their lifestyle by moving to a farm.
• The policy will ruralise the economy of the region.
• Urban planners are trying to ruralise parts of the city with green spaces.
• The initiative seeks to ruralise education by establishing schools in farming communities.
• Many families choose to ruralise their children’s upbringing away from city life.