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Militarization

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mobilizationnounThe marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.
mobilisationnounthe act of mobilising
militarisationnounAlternative form of militarization. [The process whereby some area, procedure, aspect of culture, etc., becomes controlled by the military or administered in a military fashion.]

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demobilizationnounThe disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing; the act of demobilizing.
demobilisationnounNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of demobilization. [The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing; the act of demobilizing.]

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militarisationnounAlternative form of militarization. [The process whereby some area, procedure, aspect of culture, etc., becomes controlled by the military or administered in a military fashion.]
mobilisationnounthe act of mobilising
mobilizationnounThe marshalling and organizing of troops and national resources in preparation for war, bringing them to a state of readiness for an action.
armingnounThe act of supplying (oneself or others) with armor and (now especially) arms and ammunition in preparation for a conflict; the act of providing with the means of defense and attack.
armamentnounA body of forces equipped for war.
demobilizationnounThe disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing; the act of demobilizing.
demilitarizationnounAlternative spelling of demilitarisation. [The reduction of the armed forces of a state or other political entity in its entire territory, usually at the end of hostilities or as part of a treaty.]
weaponizationnounAmerican and Oxford British English standard spelling of weaponisation.
proliferationnoun(uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
armnoun(anatomy) The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
rearmingnounThe process of arming something again.
remilitarizationnounThe act or process of remilitarizing.
remilitarisationnounAlternative form of remilitarization. [The act or process of remilitarizing.]
civilianizationnounthe act or process of civilianizing
missionizationnounThe religious work of a missionary.
medicalizationnounThe act or process of medicalizing.
imperializationnounThe process of imperializing.
territorializationnounThe process of territorializing.
judicializationnounThe process of judicializing.
governmentalizationnoun(US) The action or result of governmentalizing.

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