verb
1. get ready for war
• Syn: ↑mobilize
• Ant: ↑demobilise, ↑demobilize (for: ↑mobilize)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑mobilisation, ↑mobilization (for: ↑mobilize)
• Hypernyms: ↑militarize, ↑militarise
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
2. make ready for action or use
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marshal resources
• Derivationally related forms: ↑mobilisation, ↑mobilization (for: ↑mobilize)
• Hypernyms: ↑gather, ↑garner, ↑collect, ↑pull together
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
3. cause to move around
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circulate a rumor
• Derivationally related forms: ↑circulation (for: ↑circulate)
• Cause: ↑move
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
4. call to arms; of military personnel
• Ant: ↑demobilize (for: ↑mobilize)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑rallying (for: ↑rally), ↑mobilisation, ↑mobilization (for: ↑mobilize), ↑call up (for: ↑call up)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
Useful english dictionary. 2012.