DEMILITARISE

disarm, demilitarize, demilitarise

(verb) remove offensive capability from

demilitarize, demilitarise

(verb) do away with the military organization and potential of

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

demilitarise (third-person singular simple present demilitarises, present participle demilitarising, simple past and past participle demilitarised)

Non-Oxford British standard spelling of demilitarize.

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