Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Chiefly Brit. Mobilize.
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- verb transitive To make something
mobile . - verb transitive To
assemble troops and theirequipment in acoordinated fashion so as to be ready forwar . - verb intransitive To become made ready for war.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb get ready for war
- verb cause to move around
- verb make ready for action or use
- verb call to arms; of military personnel
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Examples
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Doctors' leaders are facing a challenge from senior medics who claim they have been too quick to accept the government's NHS shakeup and should instead "mobilise" to thwart it.
Leading medics challenge GPs to fight Andrew Lansley over NHS reforms 2011
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(ACFTU), ITF and ITUC to "mobilise" their organisations and their affiliates to ensure that the vessel returned to Beijing.
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(ACFTU), the ITF and the ITUC to "mobilise" their organisations and their affiliates to ensure that the vessel returned to Beijing.
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Word verification: moblz - sounds like "mobilise".
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Sunday urged Zimbabweans to "mobilise" against President Robert
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The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party, which is urging Zimbabweans to "mobilise" against President Robert
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The Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) would "mobilise" members to keep the New National Party out of government, Western
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And on Thursday Afrikan National Congress spokesman Smuts Ngonyama accused Heath of blackmailng the government over the issue, and said the ANC would "mobilise" to ensure Heath was excluded.
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Analysing the weak or ineffective branches, Gxilishe's report notes that "dormant and stagnant" branches did not understand their role to "mobilise" people.
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Mr Gomomo urged workers to 'mobilise' to ensure employers took the RDP seriously.
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