Definition of "mobilize" []

• To make mobile or capable of movement. (verb-transitive)
• To assemble, prepare, or put into operation for or as if for war: mobilize troops; mobilize the snowplows. (verb-transitive)
• To assemble, marshal, or coordinate for a purpose: mobilized the country's economic resources. (verb-transitive)
• To become prepared for or as if for war. (verb-intransitive)

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• "He may have had a capability to do what we call mobilize and surge."
• "This capacity to mobilize translates into a diversity of movements that are ready to take action when necessary, whether it's to hold Evo Morales' feet to the flames, or mobilize against the right and foreign corporations."
• "Mr. Deripaska said Norilsk should sell its treasury shares, noncore assets and some overseas assets, which may "mobilize" as much as $6 billion."