demilitarize

Verb

Meaning

remove offensive capability from

do away with the military organization and potential of

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Synonyms

disarm demilitarise disable disarmament subdue neutralize disband subjugate disqualify internationalize deactivate incapacitate neutralise decommission dehumanization

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Antonyms

militarize bough fork order branch arm

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Hypernyms

disarm unarm

Hyponyms

neutralize neutralise

Phrases with the word

demilitarize a bomb

Examples

City Councilor Michelle Wu, who has released a plan to demilitarize the police got a $500 donation from the Boston Police Patrolman’s Association last year and $2,000 more from various other police unions. Source: Internet

Mike Pesca: During this debate, you hear people argue that what we need to do is demilitarize the police—that we give them excess military weapons, essentially. Source: Internet

The first element of such a new strategy should be to demilitarize the present ‘operation’ that has been launched. Source: Internet

“What we are demanding is that we defund the police, which means to demilitarize the police. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

demilitarise demilitarised demilitarization demilitarize a bomb demilitarized demilitarized zone