to militarize
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7.3
- verb
- /ˈmɪlɪtəˌraɪz/
:
militarizar
- In response to increasing tensions, many nations began to militarize their defenses.
- highly militarized
- militarized regime
- militarized border
What's come up recently is the question, are we now militarizing space?
- What's come up recently is the question, are we now militarizing space?
- That means, you know, for cause for years, police forces were, were funneled cash to militarize more and more.
- Actually, under his severe guidance, the empire was reformed, and the way it was reformed was that it was in effect militarized.
Examples
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I'm recommending to the President we militarize this project.
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Securing energy resources often leads countries to militarize and enter into strategic alliances, sometimes sidetracking the pursuit of democracy.
Academic text (2008) -
Ms. President, in the interest of national security, I strongly recommend we militarize this project immediately.
Fiction book (1997) -
This is nothing more than you militarizing space.
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The Soviet Union militarized East Central Europe for two additional reasons.
Academic text (2018) -
What's come up recently is the question, are we now militarizing space?
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You know, if we if we keep trying to militarize the South China Sea, they're going to respond by militarizing it themselves.
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The authoritarian regime had a clear interest in militarizing the laws of the country.
Academic text (1999) -
A geopolitical environment no longer structured by a highly militarized confrontation with a fixed opponent raised new challenges.
Academic text (2006) -
Bernstein and Munro, journalists formerly stationed in Beijing, argued that China is militarizing with expansionist aims.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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6.2
Make a place or group stronger by building defenses
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6.1
To prepare and organize troops and equipment for war
23
5.7
Make soldiers and weapons stronger before a fight
Antonyms
How Militarized
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7.3
7
6.8
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3.7
- Formal
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7.3
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
militarize = military (transparent) = militar + ize
Formed by the adjective 'military' plus the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize', meaning 'to give a military character' which is directly derivable.
Etymology
The word militarize comes from military, which relates to 'soldiers' or the army, and the ending -ize, which means 'to make'. So to militarize a place or group is to make it like the army, equipping and preparing it for military use.