American English pronunciation
How to pronounce mobilized
IPA transcription: ['moʊbə,laɪzd]
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Verb
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make ready for action or use
“marshal resources”
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call to arms; of military personnel
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get ready for war
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cause to move around
“circulate a rumor”
Usage examples
- He was taken off the field on a stretcher immobilized.
- The complexes that bind well are immobilized.
- Relief operations are mobilized during earthquakes, floods, landslides, fires and other natural disasters.
- He returned to the family fishery supply business upon being demobilized.
- Lack of paved roads resulted in entire convoys getting immobilized along the way.
- After the Bolshevik takeover of the Georgian government, he was demobilized.
- The Czechs rejected these demands, France ordered mobilization and Britain mobilized its Navy.