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demilitarize

[dee-mil-i-tuh-rahyz] / diˈmɪl ɪ təˌraɪz /
VERB
deactivate
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“President Trump and his team think they can get Hamas to disarm and demilitarize Gaza,” he said in a video.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Morgenthau’s plan to demilitarize and deindustrialize Germany was seized upon by the failing Nazi regime as a propaganda tool, and the Truman administration ultimately rejected it.

From Salon Mar. 25, 2026

It’s what Camden, N.J., did when it famously dissolved its police force and started over to both reform it and demilitarize it.

From Seattle Times Sep. 13, 2023

The move shows a change in tact by Casto, who has previously criticized the role of the military in previous administrations and pledged to "demilitarize citizen security" during her presidential campaign.

From Reuters Apr. 3, 2023

The question is, how can antagonistic nations demilitarize safely, without raising the risk of preemptive attacks?

From Scientific American Sep. 28, 2022

Then-South Korean President Moon Jae-in organized a last-ditch gathering of all three leaders at the Korean demilitarized zone in 2019, but it failed to break the deadlock.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

The Javelin recovered in this case was not demilitarized, prosecutors said.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 29, 2026

Israel has also pointed to what it says are “daily” violations along the demilitarized frontier by Syria.

From BBC Nov. 13, 2024

As NPR noted, “It’s also a reminder that while the demilitarized zone divides the north and south, it did not sever centuries’ worth of Koreans’ shared family ties and culture.”

From Salon Aug. 7, 2024

It moved to the very edge of the Permian side, as if it was a demilitarized zone, and then stopped and came back the other way.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

He said they should always be "persevering in good even when evil is done to us, breaking the spiral of vengeance, disarming violence, demilitarizing the heart".

From Reuters Nov. 5, 2022

Mr. Grossi said he planned to contact both sides soon to propose concrete steps to begin demilitarizing the area.

From New York Times Sep. 6, 2022

Discussions between India and Pakistan on demilitarizing the glacier have been unsuccessful.

From Seattle Times Aug. 17, 2022

With Russia giving up its territorial claims in exchange for assurances about demilitarizing the long border between the two countries, their leaders signed a Treaty of Friendship and Alliance in February 1950.

From Salon Mar. 13, 2022

About demilitarizing the police as an “occupying force” in the community; reimagining police as “guardians,” not “warriors”; expunging “anti-Blackness” out of police practices; and changing interactions between Black youth and the police.

From Washington Post Jul. 23, 2021




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