soldierize

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verb

To make into a soldier.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

verbsoldierize (third-person singular simple present soldierizes, present participle soldierizing, simple past and past participle soldierized)

present singular third person soldierizes · participle present soldierizing · participle past soldierized · past soldierized

  1. transitiveTo make into a soldier.

    Plebes spend their first summer at Cadet Basic Training — Beast Barracks — where they get soldierized.

    2014, David Lipsky, Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point, page 8

Origin

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