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demilitarise

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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /diːmˈɪlɪɾɚrˌaɪz/
    • /diːmˈɪlɪtərˌaɪz/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /diːmˈɪlɪɾɚrˌaɪz/

Definition of demilitarise word

  • noun demilitarise (British) alternative spelling of demilitarize. 1
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Parts of speech for Demilitarise

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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demilitarise popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for demilitarise

verb demilitarise

  • decommission — When something such as a nuclear reactor or a large machine is decommissioned, it is taken to pieces because it is no longer going to be used.
  • disband — to break up or dissolve (an organization): They disbanded the corporation.
  • shut off — the act or time of shutting or closing.
  • shut down — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
  • deactivate — If someone deactivates an explosive device or an alarm, they make it harmless or impossible to operate.
All 35 Synonyms of demilitarise

Antonyms for demilitarise

verb demilitarise

  • increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
  • agitate — If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
  • aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
  • assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
  • free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
All 20 Antonyms of demilitarise

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