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demilitarise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-mil-i-tarise
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demilitarize.

British usage

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English militarise English demilitarise From de- + militarise.

Usage

Inflected Forms

demilitarises (present, singular) demilitarising (participle, present) demilitarised (participle, past) demilitarised (past)

Synonyms

disarm demilitarize

Questions

What does demilitarise mean?
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demilitarize.
Where does demilitarise come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English militarise English demilitarise From de- + militarise.

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