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to remilitarize

to remilitarize

1 9.4
To put soldiers and weapons back into a country or area
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈmɪlɪtəraɪz/
  • Formal
translation icon : remilitarizar
  • We cannot say to what extent our findings on the **26;1000;TOOLONG model are the result of stable, firm military cultural characteristics or follow from countertrends and current pressures to reinstitutionalize and remilitarize.
  • remilitarize the Rhineland

Examples

  • "Take Sudetenland, take the Rhineland, remilitarize it.

    Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

  • After the peace treaty ended, the country began to remilitarize its forces to ensure national security.

  • Our embassies are not being protected; our important allies have been abandoned; Germany has been allowed to remilitarize to the extent that they are again actively badgering other nations in Europe, as well as interfering in Africa and Central America.

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  • In response to growing threats, the government decided to remilitarize the border region.

  • The organization faced increasing unrest, prompting it to remilitarize its operations once more.

Synonyms

to militarize
vsto remilitarize
11 7.3

To put soldiers and weapons into a country or group to make it act like an army

refers specifically to supplying forces or equipment again after demilitarization
to re-arm
vsto remilitarize
  • UK
6.0

To give weapons to a country or its army again

focuses on restoring full military forces and presence rather than only weapons

Antonyms

to demilitarize
  • Formal
4 7.3

Remove soldiers and weapons from an area so it has no armed forces

How Militarized

to militarize
11 7.3
to remilitarize
  • Formal
1 9.4
to rearm
7 6.8
to build up
  • Specialized
23 5.7
to demilitarize
  • Formal
4 7.3
to disarm
93 3.9

Surface Forms

remilitarize infinitive
remilitarized past
remilitarized past participle
remilitarizing present participle
remilitarizes third person singular

Morphology

remilitarize = militarize (transparent) = re + militar + ize

Adding 're-' to 'militarize' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'militarize again'.

Etymology

Remilitarize combines the prefix re- meaning 'again' and military, from an old Latin word for 'soldier'. So, to remilitarize is to put soldiers, weapons, or military power back into a place, to 'arm' it again, which explains the modern meaning.