DEMILITARIZE
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
demilitarize (third-person singular simple present demilitarizes, present participle demilitarizing, simple past and past participle demilitarized)
To remove troops from an area.
To prevent troops from entering an area.
To return an area to civilian control.
Source: Wiktionary
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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