MILITARIZATION Synonyms: 9 Similar and Opposite Words

militarization

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Recent Examples of militarization An international socialist publication that covered the French school blockades and placed them within a broader argument about austerity, militarization and capitalism. — Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Officials, activists and residents in the overwhelmingly Democratic city say the deployment is a waste of taxpayer money and has normalized the militarization of a major American city. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 Officials and activists in the overwhelmingly Democratic city say the deployment is a waste of taxpayer money and has normalized the militarization of a major American city. — Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026 An adjacent painting, The Militarization of the Police Department – Deadly Farce by Richard Williams, turns Rockwell's painting into a look at police militarization. — Rakesh Agrawal, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026 This militarization of Washington ballrooms and memorials, however, is more than politics. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026 In a sign of shifting attitudes in Japan, voters in the southern island of Okinawa — home to 70% of the US military presence in the country — recently ousted a governor who opposed Tokyo’s militarization. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2026 According to Victoria Samson, chief director for space security and stability at the Secure World Foundation (SWF), the militarization is escalating rapidly in Earth orbit as more nations develop robust space programs. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026 The militarization of space is as old as the space race itself -- as soon as the USSR's Sputnik was launched into orbit as the first probe in space in 1957, Washington and Moscow began exploring ways to both arm and destroy satellites. — CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

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armament

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Fort Taylor is a national historic monument and state park that houses the largest collection of Civil War armament in the world.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
Designed primarily for operations in the Indo-Pacific, the class combines advanced sensors, low acoustic signatures, and powerful torpedo armament.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 June 2026

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