MILITARIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does militarize mean? 

• MILITARIZE (verb)
  The verb MILITARIZE has 2 senses:

1. lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force

2. adopt for military use

  Familiarity information: MILITARIZE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MILITARIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they militarize    ... he / she / it militarizes   
Past simple: militarized   
Past participle: militarized   
-ing form: militarizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

militarise; militarize

Context example:

militarize Germany again after the war

Hypernyms (to "militarize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "militarize"):

mobilise; mobilize (get ready for war)

remilitarise; remilitarize (militarize anew)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Antonym:

demilitarize (do away with the military organization and potential of)

Derivation:

militarization (act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:)

military (the military forces of a nation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Adopt for military use

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

militarise; militarize

Context example:

militarize the Civil Service

Hypernyms (to "militarize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

militarization (act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:)