mobilize

Main Entry:
mobilize [moh-buh-lahyz]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ready for action, movement
Synonyms: activate, actuate, animate, assemble, call to arms, call up, catalyze, circulate, drive, gather, get ready, impel, make ready, marshal, muster, organize, prepare, propel, put in motion, rally, ready, set in motion, set off
Antonyms: check, demobilize, end, halt, hold back, stop
Main Entry: actuate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: start a function or action, motivate
Synonyms: activate, animate, arouse, cause, drive, egg on, energize, excite, fire up, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, key up, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, put up to, quicken, rouse, spur, stimulate, turn on, work into lather, work up
Notes: when something is activated, it is made active; when something is actuated, it is moved to take action (or produce a consequence)
to actuate is a general word meaning 'to set working' and has more to do with mechanical action - while activate is used mainly in scientific expressions
Antonyms: impede, stop
Main Entry: arm
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: equip with weapon or power
Synonyms: accouter, appoint, array, deck, equalize, fortify, furnish, gear, gird, guard, heel up, heel, issue, load, load up, lug iron, make ready, mobilize, outfit, pack, pack a rod, prepare, prime, protect, provide, rig, rod up, strengthen, supply, tote
Antonyms: disarm
Main Entry: assemble
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: congregate
Synonyms: accumulate, agglomerate, amass, bring together, bunch, bunch up, call, call together, capture*, collect, come together, convene, convoke, corral*, flock, gang up, gather, group, hang around, hang out*, huddle, lump, make the scene, meet, meet up, mobilize, muster, rally, reunite, round up, scare up, summon, unite
Antonyms: disperse, scatter
Main Entry: circulate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: flow
Synonyms: actuate, circle, fly about, get about, get around, go about, gyrate, mill around, mobilize, move around, radiate, revolve, rotate, set off, travel, wander
Antonyms: block
Main Entry: drive
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: moving, controlling a vehicle
Synonyms: actuate, advance, bear down, bicycle, bike, burn rubber, burn up the road, coast, cruise, cycle, dash, direct, drag, fire up, floor it, fly, guide, handle, impel, lean on it, make sparks fly, manage, mobilize, motor, operate, pour it on, propel, push, ride, roll, run, send, speed, spin, start, steer, step on it, step on the gas, tailgate, tool*, transport, travel, turn, vehiculate, wheel
Antonyms: halt, stop
Main Entry: embattle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: prepare for battle
Synonyms: arm, array, equip, fortify, furnish, make ready, militarize, mobilize, prepare for combat, strengthen, supply
Main Entry: enlist
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: sign up for responsibility
Synonyms: admit, appoint, assign, attract, call to arms, call up, conscribe, conscript, draft, embody, employ, engage, enroll, enter, enter into, gather, get, hire, hitch, incorporate, induct, initiate, inscribe, interest, join, join up, levy, list, mobilize, muster, oblige, obtain, place, press into service, procure, record, recruit, register, reserve, secure, serve, sign on, take on, volunteer
Antonyms: avoid, dodge, shun
Main Entry: harness
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: rein in; control
Synonyms: accouter, apply, bind, bridle, channel, check, cinch, collar, constrain, couple, curb, domesticate, employ, equip, exploit, fasten, fetter, fit, furnish, gear, govern, hitch, hold, leash, limit, make productive, mobilize, muzzle, outfit, put in harness, render useful, rig, saddle, secure, strap, tackle, tame, tie, utilize, yoke
Antonyms: release, unharness
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