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Demilitarize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To remove or forbid military troops in (an area): demilitarize a buffer zone between hostile countries.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To remove troops from an area

v. To prevent troops from entering an area.

v. To return an area to civilian control

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To convert from a military to a civil form of government; place under civil jurisdiction.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. remove offensive capability from

v. do away with the military organization and potential of

Word Usage

"MR. BERGER: The understanding that the KLA signed up to in Rambouillet was to demilitarize, that is, to cease functioning as a military unit, nor to have the weaponry of a military unit."

Verb Form

demilitarized demilitarizes demilitarizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

disarm unarm

Hyponym

neutralise neutralize

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

militarize