mobilization
noun
mo·bi·li·za·tion
ˌmō-bə-lə-ˈzā-shən 
1
: the act of mobilizing
2
: the state of being mobilized
Examples of mobilization in a Sentence
called for the prompt mobilization of all national resources to combat the deadly epidemic
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Waltz said that Ukraine, asking the world to take risks for democracy, must make bold moves, including revising its mobilization policies, to strengthen its defense and secure a potential resolution to the war.
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Katya Soldak, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Ukrainian military veteran Viktor Kovalenko told Newsweek that the Ukrainian government will likely be unable to fully realize the country's mobilization potential.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
The sense of being stunned and afraid and traumatized gave way pretty quickly to social mobilization, partly because, by a tremendous coincidence, so much of that social mobilization had already been in place.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
The deal also reduces pressure on Putin to impose a second mobilization, whose implementation might trigger more public discontent in Russia.
—Andrei Lankov, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
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Katya Soldak, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Ukrainian military veteran Viktor Kovalenko told Newsweek that the Ukrainian government will likely be unable to fully realize the country's mobilization potential.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
The sense of being stunned and afraid and traumatized gave way pretty quickly to social mobilization, partly because, by a tremendous coincidence, so much of that social mobilization had already been in place.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
The deal also reduces pressure on Putin to impose a second mobilization, whose implementation might trigger more public discontent in Russia.
—Andrei Lankov, Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2024
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mobilization
noun
mo·bi·li·za·tion
variants
also British mobilisation
1
: the act or process of mobilizing
mobilization of glycogen
2
: the state of being mobilized
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