| VERB | competition | demilitarize, demilitarise | do away with the military organization and potential of |
|---|---|---|---|
| competition | demilitarize, disarm, demilitarise | remove offensive capability from |
| Sounds | diymih'lahteray.z | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | Do away with the military organization and potential of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | demilitarise | |
| 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 | |
| Meaning | Remove offensive capability from. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | disarm, demilitarise | |
| Opposite | arm, build up, fortify, gird | Prepare oneself for a military confrontation |
| Spanish | desarmar, desmilitarizar | |
| Catalan | desarmar, desmilitaritzar | |
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