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verb (used with object), de·mil·i·ta·rized, de·mil·i·ta·riz·ing.
1.
to deprive of military character; free from militarism.
2.
to place under civil instead of military control.
3.
to forbid military use of (a border zone).
Also, especially British, de·mil·i·ta·rise.
Related forms
de·mil·i·ta·ri·za·tion, noun
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demilitarize
1883, in reference to the Austrian military frontier in the Balkans.
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