demilitarize

English Thesaurus

1. do away with the military organization and potential of (verb.competition)

hypernym	:	disarm, unarm,
definition	:	take away the weapons from; render harmless (verb.competition)

hyponym	:	neutralise, neutralize,
definition	:	make incapable of military action (verb.competition)

2. remove offensive capability from (verb.competition)

antonym	:	arm, build up, fortify, gird,
definition	:	prepare oneself for a military confrontation (verb.competition)

derivation	:	disarmament, disarming,
definition	:	act of reducing or depriving of arms (noun.act)

3. do away with the military organization and potential of (verb.competition)

antonym	:	militarise, militarize,
definition	:	lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force (verb.competition)

4. remove offensive capability from (verb.competition)

antonym	:	arm, build up, fortify, gird,
definition	:	prepare oneself for a military confrontation (verb.competition)

derivation	:	disarmament, disarming,
definition	:	act of reducing or depriving of arms (noun.act)

5. do away with the military organization and potential of (verb.competition)

antonym	:	militarise, militarize,
definition	:	lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force (verb.competition)