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• v  do away with the military organization and potential of
• v  remove offensive capability from

• The essential thing is to demilitarize the area.
• The Indian government has consistently denied Kashmiri calls to demilitarize, saying the terror infrastructure across the border in Pakistan has yet to be dismantled.
• A month later, the two countries realized the madness of trying to slug it out, and agreed to demilitarize the sector.

• demilitarise
• disarm

• militarize
• militarise
• arm

News & Articles

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• Egypt in the rearview mirror: time to terminate a U.S. policy of military leverage
  The turmoil in Egypt offers an opportunity to demilitarize U.S. policy toward the Middle East, writes Boston University professor Andrew J. Acevich. Terminating further assistance to Egypt’s army will mark a necessary first step.
  Aug. 23, 2013 - Seattle Times

Quotes

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• Avigdor Lieberman in Reuters
  The Palestinians must first of all confront terror, take control of Gaza and demilitarize Hamas,right-winger Lieberman told Haaretz newspaper.
• Mikhail Saakashvili in Civil Georgia
  Saakashvili, however, said in his address that "this dangerous escalation is taking place under the very noses of international monitors whose job is to demilitarize this territory."
• Pervez Musharraf in Bloomberg
  The nuclear-capable South Asian neighbors, which have fought three wars since independence in 1947, should "disengage and demilitarize," Musharraf said at the India Today Conclave in New Delhi yesterday.