noun
militarization
Militarization (noun) means the process of something coming under military control or being run in a military way.
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The process of something coming under military control or being run in a military way.
"The 1990s saw a massive militarization of US police."
— Patrik Jonsson, Beat cops to game wardens, Florida expands ‘army’ of immigration enforcers (2025)
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Rhymes for militarization
region
ablation
allusion
emulsion
ideation
novation
diffusion
elocution
extension
oxidation
perfusion
selection
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What is the meaning of militarization?
"militarization" (noun) means the process of something coming under military control or being run in a military way.
What is another word for militarization?
Other words for "militarization" include mobilisation, militarisation, mobilization.
