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overmilitarize

overmilitarize verb: to militarize excessively, or to overemphasize military solutions and approaches.

Verb

overmilitarize (third-person singular simple present overmilitarizes, present participle overmilitarizing, simple past and past participle overmilitarized)

  1. To militarize excessively, or to overemphasize military solutions and approaches
    • "We overmilitarized," he said.1988 January 29, Michael Miner, “Art of Our Arrogance/Rethinking Vietnam”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of overmilitarize

third-person singular presentovermilitarizes
present participleovermilitarizing
past participleovermilitarized
pastovermilitarized
alternative formovermilitarise

Origin of overmilitarize

From over- + militarize.

Words formed from overmilitarize

  • overmilitarization

Questions about overmilitarize

What does overmilitarize mean?
Overmilitarize means to militarize excessively, or to overemphasize military solutions and approaches.
What part of speech is overmilitarize?
Overmilitarize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overmilitarize?
The past tense of overmilitarize is overmilitarized.

Words near overmilitarize in the dictionary

  1. overmike
  2. overmiked
  3. overmikes
  4. overmiking
  5. overmild
  6. overmilitarize
  7. overmilitarized
  8. overmilitarizes
  9. overmilitarizing
  10. overmilk
  11. overmilked

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