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mobilize
[ moh-buh-lahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to assemble or marshal (armed forces, military reserves, or civilian persons of military age) into readiness for active service.
- to organize or adapt (industries, transportation facilities, etc.) for service to the government in time of war.
- to marshal, bring together, prepare (power, force, wealth, etc.) for action, especially of a vigorous nature:
to mobilize one's energy.
- to increase or bring to a full stage of development:
to mobilize one's anger.
verb (used without object)
- to be or become assembled, organized, etc., as for war:
to mobilize for action.
mobilize
/ ˈəʊɪˌɪ /
verb
- to prepare for war or other emergency by organizing (national resources, the armed services, etc)
- tr to organize for a purpose; marshal
- tr to put into motion, circulation, or use
Derived Forms
- ˌDzˈپDz, noun
- ˈDzˌ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ···· adjective
- ····پDz [moh-b, uh, -lahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n] noun
- ··· noun
- ···· verb overmobilized overmobilizing
- ··· verb remobilized remobilizing
- ܲ··· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of mobilize1
Example Sentences
Richland Farms has always been their home turf, and when the recent L.A. wildfires threatened horses across the city, the Cowboys mobilized to help evacuate and care for animals in danger.
“If we’re going for going to mobilize, it’s going to be the most prominent, the most well-endowed, the most privileged and protected of us in civil society who have to take the lead,” Levitsky said.
Getzels and Pitchon-Getzels, who are both retired, said they were using their free time to send emails, make phone calls, write postcards and attend marches, trying to mobilize elected officials and their neighbors.
There's been a huge amount of money and organization that mobilized right after Dobbs.
You said, "By enhancing the threat — for example, by saying things that are not necessarily true — then you are in a better situation to mobilize and coordinate the attention of your own group."
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