militarized
Equipped for combat
Militarized describes something that has been given a military character or equipped with military forces.
A militarized zone has troops stationed in it.
A militarized police force uses military equipment and tactics.
The word often carries critical connotations—suggesting excessive force or inappropriate military influence: The border has become increasingly militarized.
One's regular paid work
- crackdownSudden strict enforcement
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- paramilitaryUnofficial armed organization
- juntaPost-coup ruling clique
regime · heavy-handed · oppressive · curfew · checkpoints · militias · conscription · propaganda
Progressive increase in intensity
- provocationAct that triggers response
- saber-rattlingThreatening show of military might
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
- belligerenceWarlike aggression
hostility · aggression · combativeness · hawkishness · jingoism · expansionism · preemptive · offensive
Protecting from harm
- armoringAdding protective covering
- protectionGuarding against harm
- securityProtection from threat
- trenchesElongated ground excavations
camouflage · bunkers · guard · barricade · deterrence · surveillance · patrol · early-warning
Heavily defended military structure
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- strongholdFortified place of defense
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
- garrisonStationed military force
bastion · barricades · rampart · stockade · entrenchment · palisade · redoubt · bulwarks
occupation
One's regular paid work
- crackdownSudden strict enforcement
- suppressionForcible prevention or concealment
- paramilitaryUnofficial armed organization
junta · regime · heavy-handed · oppressive · curfew · checkpoints · militias · conscription · propaganda · censorship
escalation
Progressive increase in intensity
- provocationAct that triggers response
- saber-rattlingThreatening show of military might
- coercionPressured compliance through threats
belligerence · hostility · aggression · combativeness · hawkishness · jingoism · expansionism · preemptive · offensive · intimidation
shielding
Protecting from harm
- armoringAdding protective covering
- protectionGuarding against harm
- securityProtection from threat
trenches · camouflage · bunkers · guard · barricade · deterrence · surveillance · patrol · early-warning · countermeasures
fortress
Heavily defended military structure
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- strongholdFortified place of defense
- citadelFortified urban stronghold
garrison · bastion · barricades · rampart · stockade · entrenchment · palisade · redoubt · bulwarks · parapet
troops
Military personnel collectively
- infantryGround combat troops
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- tanksStorage vessels for liquids
missiles · battalion · regiment · platoon · ammunition · grenades · weapons · firearms · drones · warships
militarizeddemilitarized
Cleared of armed forces
unmilitarized · nonmilitarized · disarmed · unarmed · demilitarize
militarizedcivilian
Non-military person
civil · nonmilitary · demilitarized · unmilitary · domestic
militarize, militarization, militarizing, militarizes, militarizations