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- noun mostly Brit. militarization.
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- noun The process by which something such as an area of land or a function of government becomes
dependent on orsubordinate to themilitary , or military in itsattributes orpractices
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency:
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Examples
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Her focus is not on protesting women but on women caught up in militarisation.
Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity
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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".
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"I have instructed our foreign secretary to submit before the UN security council and the UN assembly this militarisation, which is a serious risk to to international security".
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Volumes of exchanges have been taking place over what some of these correspondents have called the militarisation of Haiti by international forces, many of the voices sounding off against it.
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In the event, the first and the most essential step would be to undo the 'militarisation' of civilian areas.
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L'ancien diplomate parle de la "militarisation" des USA.
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L'ancien diplomate parle de la "militarisation" des USA.
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And while some analysts have criticised the appointment of several armed forces officers to the cabinet, arguing that it will usher in a degree of 'militarisation' of the government, he said he disagreed.
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And while some analysts have criticised the appointment of several armed forces officers to the cabinet, arguing that it will usher in a degree of 'militarisation' of the government, he said he disagreed.
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Equally, intellectual forays get delimited when there is a growing "militarisation" of the mind.
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