English > mobilization: 2 senses > noun 1, actMeaning | Act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency / emergency: "mobilization of the troops". |
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Synonyms | mobilisation, militarization, militarisation |
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Narrower | arming, armament, equipping | The act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war |
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conscription, muster, draft, selective service | compulsory military service |
remilitarization, remilitarisation | The act of militarizing again |
Broader | social control | Control exerted (actively or passively) by group action |
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Opposite | demobilization, demobilisation | Act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops |
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Spanish | militarización, movilización militar, movilización |
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Catalan | militarització, mobilització |
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Verbs | mobilize | make ready for action or use |
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mobilize | get ready for war |
mobilize | call to arms |