Militarized (Adjective)
Meaning
Issued military arms.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The police department had become militarily and operationally trained with armored trucks and personnel issued military arms now having been militarized to deal with high crime rates.
- The province's government expressed concerns over the increasing amount of militarized populace issued military arms, fearing it may be used against authorities.
- Local residents were issued military arms in order to defend against potential threats that their area had now become increasingly militarized.
- After training the volunteers had been issued military arms, the once-peaceful city had been rapidly turned into a region completely militarized.
- Experts believed the aggressive involvement of young civilians who are issued military arms contributed largely to increasing levels within the group of a militarized environment.