mobilize
[verb]
Synonyms: prepare, activate, call to arms, call up, get or make ready, marshal, organize, rally, ready

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Antonyms: immobilize
Contrasted words: inactivate, slow (down or up)
Related Idioms: set in motion
Related Words: activate, impel, propel

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

mo‧bil‧ize (also mobilise British English) /ˈməʊbəlaɪz, ˈməʊbɪlaɪz $ ˈmoʊ-/ verb

1. [transitive] to encourage people to support something in an active way:
an attempt to mobilize popular opinion
a campaign to mobilize support for the strike

2. [transitive] to start to use the things or people you have available in order to achieve something:
They failed to mobilize their resources effectively.

3. [intransitive and transitive] if a country mobilizes or mobilizes its army, it prepares to fight a war ⇒ demobilize

4. [transitive] to help something to move more easily ⇒ immobilize:
The physiotherapist mobilizes the patient’s shoulder.
—mobilization /ˌməʊbəlaɪˈzeɪʃən, ˌməʊbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ ˌmoʊbələ-/ noun [uncountable and countable]:
the mobilization of public opinion

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

mobilize
verb
ADV. effectively, successfully
PREP. against They successfully mobilized public opinion against him.

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