Definitions
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- noun The act or process of
remilitarizing .
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- noun the act of militarizing again
Etymologies
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Examples
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The hardest of the hard-right movements of the 20th century, Nazism, at least had practical tools to improve the economic conditions of 1930s Germany — mainly, huge public works projects (autobahns, remilitarization).
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Bringing the drug war to Guatemala faces opposition from leftist activist groups who say the use of soldiers to combat drug traffickers will lead to a remilitarization of Guatemala—and perhaps a return of the civil war in the country where some 200,000 were killed, mainly by the military.
Mexican Drug War Spills to Neighbor Nicholas Casey 2011
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By showcasing the country's avowedly pacifist orientation, they also helped allay concerns about Japan's remilitarization, even as the country's Self Defense Forces seemed at odds with a constitutional renunciation of the use of force.
Japan Lifts Decadeslong Ban on Export of Weapons Chester Dawson 2011
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While Obama's military escalation in South America is by now relatively well known, what is perhaps less publicized is the startling remilitarization occurring in Central America.
Nikolas Kozloff: U.S. Marines to Costa Rica: What's Behind the Story? 2010
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While Obama's military escalation in South America is by now relatively well known, what is perhaps less publicized is the startling remilitarization occurring in Central America.
Nikolas Kozloff: U.S. Marines to Costa Rica: What's Behind the Story? Nikolas Kozloff 2010
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While Obama's military escalation in South America is by now relatively well known, what is perhaps less publicized is the startling remilitarization occurring in Central America.
Nikolas Kozloff: U.S. Marines to Costa Rica: What's Behind the Story? Nikolas Kozloff 2010
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While Obama's military escalation in South America is by now relatively well known, what is perhaps less publicized is the startling remilitarization occurring in Central America.
Nikolas Kozloff: U.S. Marines to Costa Rica: What's Behind the Story? Nikolas Kozloff 2010
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Among Americans I have heard quite a number of unobjective arguments about remilitarization.
Daring Young Men RICHARD REEVES 2010
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Al Martin, a retired naval intelligence officer and former contributor to the Presidential Council of Economic Advisors, has linked the remilitarization of FEMA to the civil unrest anticipated along with economic collapse.
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War broke out that summer in Korea, and by autumn there were signs that General MacArthur and our American occupiers were purging left-wing groups of Communists while nudging our country, so newly and uncertainly pacified, toward some form of controlled remilitarization.
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