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demilitarize definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: do away with the military organization and potential of [syn: demilitarize, demilitarise] [ant: militarise, militarize]
2: remove offensive capability from [syn: disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise] [ant: arm, build up, fortify, gird]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 1883 1. a. to do away with the military organization or potential of b. to prohibit (as a zone or frontier area) from being used for military purposes 2. to rid of military characteristics or uses • demilitarization noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (also -ise) remove a military organization or forces from (a frontier, a zone, etc.). Derivatives: demilitarization n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(demilitarizes, demilitarizing, demilitarized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'demilitarise' To demilitarize an area means to ensure that all military forces are removed from it. He said the UN had made remarkable progress in demilitarizing the region... VERB: V n • demilitarization Demilitarization of the country was out of the question.