5 sentences with “scramble”

The "malicious" ones, on the other hand, can alter or scramble data, delete files and wipe out the entire contents of the hard disk.

Thus, although the US did not join the scramble for Africa or assert direct control over East Asian territories, fear of US economic strength was a major factor driving the advance of European imperialism.

The speed of the conquest is summed up in the phrase used to describe it ever since: "the scramble for Africa". Even the word "imperialism" itself went from being a neologism to an everyday term in the course of the 1880s.

When the scramble for Africa began in earnest in the 1870s, the newly united nation of Italy sought to reinforce its status as a European power by establishing its own colonies. Italian politicians turned to East Africa, specifically Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Africa had been the main target of European imperialism in the late 19th century. The scramble for Africa was surprisingly rapid (from the 1880s to around 1900) and surprisingly complete, as all of Africa except Liberia and Ethiopia was taken over by one European state or another.