militarization

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Meaning

act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:

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I'm disappointed in you, Mo: How could you imagine that the militarization of the police might be seen as a huge potential growth market by defense contractors? Charles Stross

The militarization of our law enforcement is due to an unprecedented expansion of government power in this realm. ... Americans must never sacrifice their liberty for an illusive and dangerous, or false, security. Rand Paul

Earthly problems are not being solved in the heaven through militarization of the space. Zafar Mirzo

You know, we do not want the militarization of Haiti. We do not see a Haitian as a protectorate where it relinquishes its own sovereignty. Danny Glover

We're now living in a new world. And end has been put to the cold war and to the arms race, as well as to the mad militarization of the country, which has crippled our economy, public attitudes and morals. The threat of nuclear war has been removed. Mikhail Gorbachev

National defense through war always involves some degree of national defeat. This paradox has been with us from the very beginning of our republic. Militarization in defense of freedom reduces the freedom of the defenders. There is a fundamental inconsistency between war and freedom. Wendell Berry

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