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n. The process by which something such as an area of land or a function of government becomes dependent on or subordinate to the military, or military in its attributes or practices

n. militarization.

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

"But he warns that, because it has never been used in Great Britain before, the authorities would risk "sending out a message that we have lost control" and inflaming tensions "in a country that has never been comfortable with the idea of militarisation"."

social control   

muster    selective service    draft    armament    conscription   

mobilization    mobilisation    militarization