demilitarizev.
transitive. 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.
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1883 A. J. Patterson in Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Oct. 1/2 Two out of the Croatian frontier regiments were demilitarized. But..the Hungarians..delayed the process of demilitarization.
1905 Westm. Gaz. 4 Jan. 2/1 With Vladivostok demilitarised, and with Port Arthur and its entire hinterland confiscated.
1966 Daily Tel. 12 Oct. The draft of a treaty to keep space permanently demilitarised.
Derivatives
deˌmilitariˈzation n.
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1940 Economist 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.
1947 Daily Tel. 24 July Mr. Marshall denied that the question of a 40-year Four-Power treaty guaranteeing German demilitarisation..cropped up on Monday.
1959 Ann. 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.
deˈmilitarized adj.
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society > armed hostility > war > militarism > [adjective] > militarized > not
demilitarized1919
1919 J. L. Garvin Econ. Found. 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.
1934 H. Nicolson Curzon: Last Phase 295 Ismet Pasha..made some passing reference to the possibility of establishing demilitarised zones in Thrace.
1936 Economist 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’.
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