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DEMILITARISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they demilitarise ... he / she / it demilitarises
Past simple: demilitarised
Past participle: demilitarised
-ing form: demilitarising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove offensive capability from
Synonyms:
demilitarise; demilitarize; disarm
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
Meaning:
Do away with the military organization and potential of
Synonyms:
demilitarise; demilitarize
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "demilitarise" is one way to...):
disarm; unarm (take away the weapons from; render harmless)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "demilitarise"):
neutralise; neutralize (make incapable of military action)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
militarise (lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force)
