militarize
Example Sentences
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These tableaus take place against the backdrop of an increasingly militarized vision of Christmas that permeates American pop culture.
From Salon
The story is rudimentary: Elongated blue cat people prepare for a gigantic battle with the nasty, militarized, heartless, corporation-backed human colonists, or “sky people.”
There are fewer militarized checkpoints around the capital’s wealthier neighborhoods than in the past.
The sleepy town is under a militarized quarantine.
From Los Angeles Times
An extreme example of where a militarized war on drugs could lead is Carranza’s native Philippines.
From Salon
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