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demilitarise

demilitarise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demilitarize.

Meaning of demilitarize

Verb

demilitarize (third-person singular simple present demilitarizes, present participle demilitarizing, simple past and past participle demilitarized)

  1. (transitive) To remove troops from (an area).
  2. (transitive) To prevent troops from entering (an area).
  3. (transitive) To return (an area) to civilian control, after military control.

Forms of demilitarise

third-person singular presentdemilitarises
present participledemilitarising
past participledemilitarised
pastdemilitarised

Origin of demilitarise

From de- + militarise.

Questions about demilitarise

What is demilitarise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Demilitarise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demilitarize.

Words near demilitarise in the dictionary

  1. demiliches
  2. demilion
  3. demilions
  4. demilitarisation
  5. demilitarisations
  6. demilitarise
  7. demilitarised
  8. demilitarises
  9. demilitarising
  10. demilitarization
  11. demilitarizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: demilitarise (page history and authors); demilitarize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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