demilitarise

Thân thiện

The treaty required the nations to demilitarise the border zone.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Verb

1. remove offensive capability from
2. do away with the military organization and potential of

Từ đồng nghĩa

• disarm
• demilitarize