Definitions
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- verb To
militarize excessively, or tooveremphasize military solutions and approaches
Etymologies
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over- + militarize.
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Examples
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Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson said they would "overmilitarize" U.S. counterterrorism efforts.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson said they would "overmilitarize" U.S. counterterrorism efforts.
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And we get Jones talking about how Obama doesn’t want to overmilitarize the Afghanistan mission without explaining what properly-militarizing a war actually requires.
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