demilitarize (redirected from demilitarises)

de·mil·i·ta·rize  (d-ml-t-rz)

tr.v. de·mil·i·ta·rized, de·mil·i·ta·riz·ing, de·mil·i·ta·riz·es

1. To eliminate the military character of.

2. To prohibit military forces or installations in: demilitarize a buffer zone between hostile countries.

3. To replace military control of with civilian control.

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de·mili·ta·ri·zation (-tr--zshn) n.

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demilitarize or -rise

Verb

[-rizing, -rized] or -rising, -rised to remove all military forces from (an area): demilitarized zone

demilitarization
-risation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	demilitarize - do away with the military organization and potential of demilitarise unarm, disarm - take away the weapons from; render harmless neutralise, neutralize - make incapable of military action militarise, militarize - lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force; "militarize Germany again after the war"
	2.	demilitarize - remove offensive capability from disarm, demilitarise

Translations

demilitarize [diːˈmɪlɪtəraɪz] vt → desmilitarizar;

demilitarized zone → zona desmilitarizada