Words that rhyme with demobilize
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advise
v 1: give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud" [syn: rede, advise, counsel] 2: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize] 3: make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator proposed to abolish the sales tax" [syn: propose, suggest, advise] -
allies
n 1: the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter of the United Nations in 1945 2: in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them in opposing the Central Powers 3: an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy -
apprise
v 1: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize] 2: make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?" [syn: instruct, apprise, apprize] 3: gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue] [ant: depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue] 4: increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise] [ant: depreciate] -
arise
v 1: come into existence; take on form or shape; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" [syn: originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow] 2: originate or come into being; "a question arose" [syn: arise, come up, bob up] 3: rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded" [syn: arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up] [ant: lie, lie down, sit, sit down] 4: result or issue; "A slight unpleasantness arose from this discussion" [syn: arise, come up] 5: move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise] [ant: come down, descend, fall, go down] 6: take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance [syn: rebel, arise, rise, rise up] 7: get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night" [syn: get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise] [ant: bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in] -
assize
n 1: the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale 2: an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property -
chastise
v 1: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks" [syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct] -
comprise
v 1: be composed of; "The land he conquered comprised several provinces"; "What does this dish consist of?" [syn: consist, comprise] 2: include or contain; have as a component; "A totally new idea is comprised in this paper"; "The record contains many old songs from the 1930's" [syn: incorporate, contain, comprise] 3: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be] -
baptize
v 1: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized" [syn: baptize, baptise, christen] -
apprize
v 1: inform (somebody) of something; "I advised him that the rent was due" [syn: advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize] 2: make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?" [syn: instruct, apprise, apprize] 3: gain in value; "The yen appreciated again!" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise, revalue] [ant: depreciate, devaluate, devalue, undervalue] 4: increase the value of; "The Germans want to appreciate the Deutsche Mark" [syn: appreciate, apprize, apprise] [ant: depreciate] -
globalize
v 1: make world-wide in scope or application; "Markets are being increasingly globalized" [syn: globalize, globalise] -
mobilize
v 1: make ready for action or use; "marshal resources" [syn: mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon] 2: call to arms; of military personnel [syn: call up, mobilize, mobilise, rally] [ant: demobilise, demobilize, inactivate] 3: get ready for war [syn: mobilize, mobilise] [ant: demob, demobilise, demobilize] 4: cause to move around; "circulate a rumor" [syn: mobilize, mobilise, circulate] -
stabilize
v 1: make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices" [syn: stabilize, stabilise] [ant: destabilise, destabilize] 2: support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace; "brace your elbows while working on the potter's wheel" [syn: brace, steady, stabilize, stabilise] 3: become stable or more stable; "The economy stabilized" [syn: stabilize, stabilise] [ant: destabilise, destabilize] -
symbolize
v 1: express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" [syn: typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent] 2: represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize" [syn: symbolize, symbolise] -
verbalize
v 1: be verbose; "This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious" [syn: verbalize, verbalise] 2: express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" [syn: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise] 3: articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" [syn: express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to] 4: convert into a verb; "many English nouns have become verbalized" [syn: verbalize, verbalise] -
cannibalize
v 1: eat human flesh [syn: cannibalize, cannibalise] 2: use parts of something to repair something else [syn: cannibalize, cannibalise] -
destabilize
v 1: become unstable; "The economy destabilized rapidly" [syn: destabilize, destabilise] [ant: stabilise, stabilize] 2: make unstable; "Terrorism destabilized the government" [syn: destabilize, destabilise] [ant: stabilise, stabilize] -
detribalize
v 1: cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity [syn: detribalize, detribalise] -
diabolize
v 1: turn into a devil or make devilish; "Man devilized by war" [syn: devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise] -
immobilize
v 1: hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital [syn: immobilize, immobilise] 2: to hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree" [syn: trap, pin, immobilize, immobilise] 3: make defenseless [syn: immobilize, immobilise] 4: convert (assets) into fixed capital [syn: immobilize, immobilise] 5: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government" [syn: freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise] [ant: free, release, unblock, unfreeze] 6: cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic" [syn: immobilize, immobilise] -
metabolize
v 1: produce by metabolism [syn: metabolize, metabolise] -
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obelize
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solubilize
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municipalize
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