demilitarize

demilitarize
/dee mil"i teuh ruyz'/, v.t., demilitarized, demilitarizing.
1. to deprive of military character; free from militarism.
2. to place under civil instead of military control.
3. to forbid military use of (a border zone).
Also, esp. Brit., demilitarise.
[1880-85; DE- + MILITARIZE]

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