militarize
verb (used with object)
to equip with armed forces, military supplies, or the like.
militarizing
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present participleof militarize.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Their default is to frame the UAP matter in terms of security—a view the media often reinforces— thus militarizing the issue.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 2, 2023
“We ain’t militarizing no police, we ain’t sending no tanks in here,” Lewis said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
These developments altered the nature of society in Africa, militarizing states and reorienting African trade.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
The deal was made with defense tech contractor L3Harris and Air Tractor, with the former militarizing the latter’s initial designs for a purely agricultural plane.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2022
From both these sources the foremost workers were sent to the front, and there built the Red Army after their own likeness and image—educating, hardening, and militarizing the peasant mass.
From Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) by Leon Davidovich Trotzky
