militarisation n 1: act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops" [syn: {mobilization}, {mobilisation}, {militarization}, {militarisation}] [ant: {demobilisation}, {demobilization}]
militarisation \militarisation\ n. militarization. [mostly Brit.] Syn: mobilization, mobilisation, militarization. [WordNet 1.5]