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Demilitarize meaning
To remove troops from (an area). | To prevent troops from entering (an area). | To return (an area) to civilian control, after military control.
Synonyms of Demilitarize
Example sentences (5)
Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, calling it a “special operation” to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine, which he said was a threat to Russia.
City Councilor Michelle Wu, who has released a plan to demilitarize the police got a $500 donation from the Boston Police Patrolman’s Association last year and $2,000 more from various other police unions.
Mike Pesca: During this debate, you hear people argue that what we need to do is demilitarize the police—that we give them excess military weapons, essentially.
The first element of such a new strategy should be to demilitarize the present ‘operation’ that has been launched.
On June, 20 of the parties agreed to demilitarize the contested area of Abyei where Ethiopian peacekeepers will be deployed.