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mobilize
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mo·bi·lize  (mb-lz)
v. mo·bi·lized, mo·bi·liz·ing, mo·bi·liz·es
v.tr.
1. To make mobile or capable of movement.
2.
a. To assemble, prepare, or put into operation for or as if for war: mobilize troops; mobilize the snowplows.
b. To assemble, marshal, or coordinate for a purpose: mobilized the country's economic resources.
v.intr.
To become prepared for or as if for war.

mobi·li·zation (-l-zshn) n.

mobilize or -lise
Verb
[-lizing, -lized] or -lising, -lised
1. to prepare for war or another emergency by organizing resources and the armed services
2. to organize for a purpose: we must mobilize local residents behind our campaign
mobilization
-lisation n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.mobilize - make ready for action or use; "marshal resources"
gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"
2.mobilize - call to arms; of military personnel
send for, call - order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"
demobilise, demobilize, inactivate - release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
3.mobilize - get ready for war
militarise, militarize - lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force; "militarize Germany again after the war"
demob, demobilise, demobilize - retire from military service
4.mobilize - cause to move around; "circulate a rumor"
move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

mobilize
verb 2. deploy, prepare, ready, rally, assemble, call up, marshal, muster, call to arms, get or make ready
Translations
mobilize [ˈməubɪlaɪz] vtmovilizar
mobilize [ˈməubɪlaɪz] vt, vimobiliser
mobilize [ˈməubɪlaɪz] mobile vtmobilisieren;
(Mil) → mobil machen
vi (Mil) → mobil machen
mobilize [ˈməubɪlaɪz] vtmobilitare
vimobilitarsi


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