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deˈmilitarize, v.
[f. de- II. 1 + military + -ize.]
trans. To take away the military organization from. (In quot. 1883 referring to the organization of the Austrian ‘military frontier’.) Also, to place (a sovereign state) under an obligation not to maintain armed forces in a specified region. Hence deˌmilitariˈzation; deˈmilitarized ppl. a.
1883A. J. Patterson in Pall Mall G. 2 Oct. 1/2 Two out of the Croatian frontier regiments were demilitarized. But..the Hungarians..delayed the process of demilitarization. 1905Westm. Gaz. 4 Jan. 2/1 With Vladivostok demilitarised, and with Port Arthur and its entire hinterland confiscated. 1919J. L. Garvin Econ. Foundations of Peace xix. 485 If a demilitarised Germany were given a fair chance to recover..the powers of suasion and control by economic action would be paramount. 1934H. Nicolson Curzon: Last Phase 295 Ismet Pasha..made some passing reference to the possibility of establishing demilitarised zones in Thrace. 1936Economist 14 Mar. 571/1 Owing to Herr Hitler's action last Saturday in reoccupying the demilitarised zone in the Rhineland the peace of Europe to-day is balancing..‘on the razor's edge’. 1940Ibid. 6 July 7/1 The French generals would still, it appears, resist an attack, but demilitarisation, not cession of territory or occupation, is what Italy asks of them. 1947Daily Tel. 24 July, Mr. Marshall denied that the question of a 40-year Four-Power treaty guaranteeing German demilitarisation..cropped up on Monday. 1959Ann. Reg. 1958 143 Israel and Jordan had agreed to try to carry out properly the July 1948 Agreement for the demilitarization of the Mount Scopus area. 1966Daily Tel. 12 Oct., The draft of a treaty to keep space permanently demilitarised. |