demilitarise (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *demilitarise*:
VERB	competition	demilitarise, demilitarize	do away with the military organization and potential of
VERB	competition	demilitarise, disarm, demilitarize	remove offensive capability from

English > *demilitarise*: 2 senses > verb 1, competition
Meaning	Do away with the military organization and potential of.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonym	demilitarize
Narrower	neutralize, neutralise	make incapable of military action
Broader	disarm, unarm	take away the weapons from
Opposite	militarize, militarise	lend a military character to (a country) , as by building up a military force
Spanish	desmilitarizar

English > *demilitarise*: 2 senses > verb 2, competition
Meaning	Remove offensive capability from.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	disarm, demilitarize
Opposite	arm, build up, fortify, gird	Prepare oneself for a military confrontation
Spanish	desarmar, desmilitarizar
Catalan	desarmar, desmilitaritzar

HyperDic: demilitarise