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  • adjective Equipped with eapons; armed; -- used of persons, regions, or the military. Contrasted to unarmed and demilitarized.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of militarize.

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  • adjective issued military arms

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Examples

  • Haq, former head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, said neither Pakistan nor the west had managed to defeat the Taliban with what he called a militarized counterinsurgency strategy.

    FOXNews.com 2010

  • Haq, former head of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, said neither Pakistan nor the west had managed to defeat the Taliban with what he called a militarized counterinsurgency strategy.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • We even went down to what the Hezbollah fighters call the militarized zone, which is the combat area in the south.

    CNN Transcript Aug 6, 2006 2006

  • But a "militarized" world without nuclear weapons would also be untenable, he suggested, since it would leave other nations potentially vulnerable to U.S. military power.

    Forbes.com: News 2009

  • But a "militarized" world without nuclear weapons would also be untenable, he suggested, since it would leave other nations potentially vulnerable to U.S. military power.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2009

  • The police have been "militarized" over the last decade and we are seeing the results.

    Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com 2009

  • Nor would I buy or recommend any rifle, "militarized" or otherwise, as a sole self-defense weapon.

    Think Progress 2009

  • Nor would I buy or recommend any rifle, "militarized" or otherwise, as a sole self-defense weapon.

    Think Progress 2009

  • I am not 'militarized' today, so I may be suckin 'canal water ... but it seems we are now so well trained and (dare I say .. controlled?

    Latest Articles 2009

  • I am not 'militarized' today, so I may be suckin 'canal water ... but it seems we are now so well trained and (dare I say .. controlled?

    Latest Articles 2009

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