| NOUN | act | militarization, mobilization, mobilisation, militarisation | act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency / emergency |
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| Meaning | Act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency / emergency: "mobilization of the troops". | |
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| Synonyms | mobilization, mobilisation, militarisation | |
| Narrower | arming, armament, equipping | The act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war |
| 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 |
| Opposite | demobilization, demobilisation | Act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops |
| Spanish | militarización, movilización militar, movilización | |
| Catalan | militarització, mobilització | |
| Verbs | militarize | adopt for military use |
| militarize | lend a military character to (a country) , as by building up a military force | |
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