demilitarise
Definition
- Verb (transitive):
- To remove offensive military capability from: To strip an area, force, or piece of equipment of its weapons, fortifications, and military character.
- To do away with the military organization and potential of: To disband or eliminate the military structure and capacity of a region or entity.
Usage and Examples
- Verb:
- The treaty required the nations to demilitarise the border zone completely.
- After the war, the victorious powers moved to demilitarise the defeated country.
- The agreement aims to demilitarise the disputed island, allowing only civilian presence.
Advanced Usage
- "to demilitarise a conflict": To actively remove military elements and tactics from a dispute, often shifting focus to diplomatic or political solutions.
- The mediator's goal was to demilitarise the conflict and bring both sides to the negotiating table.
Variants and Related Words
- Demilitarisation (noun, British English spelling): The act or process of demilitarising.
- The demilitarisation of the region was a key condition for peace.
- Demilitarised (adjective): Describing an area from which military forces and installations have been removed.
- They established a demilitarised buffer zone between the two armies.
- Demilitarize (verb, American English spelling): The alternative spelling of .
Synonyms
- Disarm: To deprive of weapons; a more general term often used interchangeably with , though can apply to individuals or small groups, while often implies a larger, systematic process.
- Neutralise (in a military context): To render ineffective or harmless.
Antonyms
- Militarise: To equip or prepare for war; to give a military character to.
- Fortify: To strengthen with military defenses.
Verb
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remove offensive capability from
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do away with the military organization and potential of
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