Definition of "remilitarization" []

• The act or process of remilitarizing. (noun)

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• "By showcasing the country's avowedly pacifist orientation, they also helped allay concerns about Japan's remilitarization, even as the country's Self Defense Forces seemed at odds with a constitutional renunciation of the use of force."
• "The hardest of the hard-right movements of the 20th century, Nazism, at least had practical tools to improve the economic conditions of 1930s Germany — mainly, huge public works projects (autobahns, remilitarization)."
• "Bringing the drug war to Guatemala faces opposition from leftist activist groups who say the use of soldiers to combat drug traffickers will lead to a remilitarization of Guatemala—and perhaps a return of the civil war in the country where some 200,000 were killed, mainly by the military."