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To convert to non-military status or control.

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Usage examples (6)
  • Verb (used with object), : a decision to civilianize the teaching of history at the naval academy. ,He charged that the union movement is civilianizing the army
  • Of course, that's the rationale for having a Reserve Force as well, something that I believe has been missed in all this evaluation and the rush to "civilianize" the...
  • The group analyzed the survey data and arrived at a proposal to "civilianize" Internal Affairs: to have a civilian body take over virtually all of the functions of the...
  • Gascón bills it as more efficient policing, although he's facing stiff opposition from the city's police union, which is wary of this latest effort to "civilianize" the...
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