militarize

English

Alternative forms

• militarise (non-Oxford British English)

Verb

militarize (third-person singular simple present militarizes, present participle militarizing, simple past and past participle militarized)

1. To give a military character to something, such as government or organization.
2. To train or equip for war.
3. To adopt for use by the military.

Derived terms

• demilitarize
• militarization

Translations

to give military character to

• Belarusian: мілітарызава́ць impf or pf (militaryzavácʹ)
• Bulgarian: милитаризи́рам impf or pf (militarizíram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軍事化／军事化 (zh) (jūnshìhuà), 军事化 (zh) (jūnshìhuà)

• Finnish: militarisoida
• French: militariser (fr)
• German: militarisieren (de)
• Hungarian: militarizál (hu), katonásít
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• Japanese: 軍事化する (ぐんじかする, gunjika suru)
• Korean: 군사화하다 (gunsahwahada)
• Macedonian: милитаризи́ра impf or pf (militarizíra)
• Russian: милитаризи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (militarizírovatʹ), милитаризова́ть (ru) impf or pf (militarizovátʹ), военизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (vojenizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: militarizar (es)
• Swedish: militarisera
• Ukrainian: мілітаризува́ти (uk) impf or pf (militaryzuváty)

to train or equip for war

• Belarusian: мілітарызаваць (militaryzavacʹ)
• Catalan: militaritzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軍事化／军事化 (zh) (jūnshìhuà), 军事化 (zh) (jūnshìhuà)

• Esperanto: pormilitigi
• Finnish: harjoittaa sotaan (to train for war), varustaa sotaan (to equip for war)
• French: militariser (fr)
• Galician: militarizar
• German: militarisieren (de)
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• Hungarian: felfegyverez (hu) (to equip for war), kiképez (hu) (to train for war)
• Italian: militarizzare (it)
• Japanese: 軍事化する (ぐんじかする, gunjika suru)
• Romanian: militariza (ro)
• Russian: милитаризи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (militarizírovatʹ), милитаризова́ть (ru) (militarizovátʹ), военизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (vojenizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: militarizar (es)
• Ukrainian: мілітаризувати (uk) (militaryzuvaty)

adopt for use by the military

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: ottaa sotilaskäyttöön
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• Hungarian: militarizál (hu), katonásít
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can