Definition of Militarise

1. Verb. Lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force. "Militarize Germany again after the war"

Exact synonyms: Militarize
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Specialized synonyms: Mobilise, Mobilize, Remilitarise, Remilitarize
Antonyms: Demilitarise, Demilitarize
Derivative terms: Militarisation, Military, Militarization, Military

2. Verb. Adopt for military use. "Militarize the Civil Service"
Exact synonyms: Militarize
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Militarisation, Militarization

Definition of Militarise

1. Verb. (British) (alternative spelling of militarize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Militarise

1. [v -RISED, -RISING, -RISES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Militarise

militantism
militantly
militantness
militantnesses
militants
militar
militaresque
militaria
militarian
militarians
militaries
militarily
militariness
militarisation
militarisations
militarise (current term)
militarised
militarises
militarising
militarism
militarisms
militarist
militaristic
militarists
militarization
militarizations
militarize
militarized
militarizes
militarizing

Literary usage of Militarise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A French-English Military Technical Dictionary by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1899)
"the hospital to which an ärmere is attached; civil militarise, civil mixte, v. militarise; for infections and contagious diseases; d destination spéciale, ..."

2. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1912)
"It was traditional with the opposition, mindful of Cromwell's major-generals, to impute to the whigs a tendency to militarise our national institutions. ..."

3. Woodrow Wilson and World Settlement by Ray Stannard Baker (1922)
"... she expelled Austria from the German territory, upset the German Confederation, and took control of reorganised Germany, so as to militarise it, ..."

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