tr.v., -rized, -riz·ing, -riz·es.
To remove or forbid military troops in (an area): demilitarize a buffer zone between hostile countries.
demilitarization de·mil'i·ta·ri·za'tion (-tər-ĭ-zā'shən) n.
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