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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, mobilise [ˈməʊbɪˌlaɪz]
vb
1. (Military) to prepare for war or other emergency by organizing (national resources, the armed services, etc.)
2. (tr) to organize for a purpose; marshal
3. (tr) to put into motion, circulation, or use
mobilizable , mobilisable adj
mobilization , mobilisation 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 armsmobilize - 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 warmobilize - 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
1. rally, organize, stimulate, excite, prompt, marshal, activate, awaken, animate, muster, foment, put in motion We must try to mobilize international support.
2. deploy, prepare, ready, rally, assemble, call up, marshal, muster, call to arms, get or make ready The government has mobilized troops to help.
Translations
mobilize [ˈməʊbɪlaɪz]
A. VTmovilizar
B. VImovilizarse
mobilize [ˈməʊbɪlaɪz] mobilise (British)
vt
[+ troops] → mobiliser
[+ support, supporters, helpers] → mobiliser
vi [troops, country] → se mobiliser
mob rule n (pejorative)loi f de la populace
mob violence nviolence f collective
mobilize
vtmobilisieren; (Mil also) → mobil machen
vimobil machen
mobilize [ˈməʊbɪˌlaɪz]
1. vtmobilitare
2. vimobilitarsi


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