militarization

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

militarization
    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}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

militarization \militarization\ n.
   act of assembling and putting into readiness the military
   forces for war or other emergency.

   Syn: mobilization, mobilisation, militarisation.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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