verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To give a military character to something, such as government or organization.
2. 2
   adopt for military use wordnet
3. 3
   To train or equip for war.
4. 4
   lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force wordnet
5. 5
   To adopt for use by the military.

Synonyms

All synonyms

armmilitarisemilitarizedmobilizenuclearizeweaponize

Antonyms

All antonyms

demilitarizedcivilianizingdemilitarizingploughshares

Etymology

From milit(ary) + -arize.