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mo·bi·lize

(mō'bi-līz),

1. To liberate material stored in the body; more specifically, to move a substance from tissue stores into the bloodstream.

2. To excite quiescent material to physiologic activity.

[Fr. mobiliser, to liberate, make ready, fr. L. mobilis, movable]

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mobilize

(mō′bə-līz′)

v. mobi·lized, mobi·lizing, mobi·lizes

v.tr.

To release or make available, as cells or chemical substances: hormones that mobilize calcium from bones.

mo′bi·li·za′tion (-lĭ-zā′shən) n.

mobilize

(mō′bĭl-īz)

1. To incite to physiological action.

2. To render movable; to put in movement.

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"As the appliance was not mobilised in five minutes, a second appliance was mobilised from Benllech.

If the crew is not mobilised in five minutes the control room will check on the station and alert another crew if required.

Two suspended over N-plant fire no-show

When contacted, the Spokesman of the Ogun Command of the NCS, Abdullahi Aliyu Maiwada explained that Customs officers shot in self-defence after being attacked by the youths mobilised by the smugglers.

The smugglers mobilised the youths of the town and they attacked our men with dangerous weapons.

One Feared Dead As Customs, Smugglers Clash In Owode, Ogun

The youths in the area mobilised that night mobilised themselves and moved to the Nteje police state, accusing the police of killing their kinsman.

'This morning again(Wednesday), the mobilised again and attacked the police for the same reason; but the police were able to quell the situation.

Two feared dead in Anambra, as police, youths clash

'The legislature is the bastion of democracy and as true representatives of the people, we must ensure that they are mobilised to vote; they can only vote with their PVCs.

PVCs collection: INEC solicits Ebonyi lawmakers support to mobilise electorate

In the melee, one of the thugs was feared killed before the police could be mobilised to restore peace to these troubled areas.