Definitions of militarisation
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act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops"
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synonyms:
militarization, mobilisation, mobilization
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Antonyms:
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demobilisation, demobilization
act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops
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types:
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armament, arming, equipping
the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war
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conscription, draft, muster, selective service
compulsory military service
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remilitarisation, remilitarization
the act of militarizing again
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outfitting
the act of renovating and fitting out a ship
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rearmament
the act of arming again
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levy, levy en masse
the act of drafting into military service
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type of:
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social control
control exerted (actively or passively) by group action
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demobilisation, demobilization
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