Definition of "militarizes" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of militarize. (verb)

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• "This bill ties the hands of law enforcement, militarizes counterterrorism on our own soil, and makes us less safe."
• "Yet, the threat of military action, or rather the bluff, serves a purpose: Threats of military action militarizes the atmosphere."
• "I guess where some poets part way is with the question of bilingualism, a phenomenon that baffles linguists, but militarizes knee-jerk liberal poets like me."