demilitarize
/'di:'militəraiz/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To remove military forces, weapons, or installations from an area: The primary meaning refers to the act of officially declaring an area free from military presence or fortifications.
- To deprive of a military character or function: This involves disbanding or reducing the military organization and potential of a region or entity.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The treaty required both nations to demilitarize the border region.
- After the war, the victorious powers moved to demilitarize the defeated country.
- The island was completely demilitarized, with all troops and weapons withdrawn.
Advanced Usage
- "to demilitarize a zone": to officially establish an area where military activity is prohibited.
- The agreement created a demilitarized zone between the two hostile states.
- Used in a figurative sense: to reduce aggressive or confrontational characteristics.
- The company tried to demilitarize the tense negotiations by focusing on shared goals.
Variants and Related Words
- Demilitarization (n): The process or act of demilitarizing.
- The demilitarization of the peninsula was a key condition for peace.
- Demilitarized (adj): Describing an area that has been made free from military activity.
- They crossed into the demilitarized buffer zone.
- Remilitarize (v): The opposite action; to equip or fortify with military forces again.
Synonyms
- Disarm: To deprive of weapons; often used interchangeably but can be more specific to weapons rather than overall military presence.
- Neutralize: To render ineffective or non-threatening, often in a military context.
Antonyms
- Militarize: To equip or prepare for war; to give a military character to.
- Fortify: To strengthen with military defenses.
Related Phrases
- Demilitarized Zone (DMZ): A specific term for an area, often a border region, where military forces, activities, and installations are prohibited by treaty or agreement.
- The village was located just south of the Demilitarized Zone.
Verb
- remove offensive capability from
- do away with the military organization and potential of