demob
Americanverb
noun
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short for demobilization See demobilization
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( as modifier )
a demob suit
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a soldier who has been demobilized
Etymology
Origin of demob
First recorded in 1915–20; originally short for demobilize
Example Sentences
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After his demob he went to the Slade School of Fine Art, from where he graduated in 1957 and set out to make a living as an illustrator.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2022
It should be noted that Australia were demob happy by then.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2014
The 21-year-old left the Royal Flying Corps at the end of World War I and used his demob money to buy surplus food from the Army and sell it from a barrow in Hackney.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2013
Designer Neil Irish conceived a chorus kitted out in bowler hat, demob suits and just enough makeup to hint at the theatrical mask, each different enough to suggest they're individuals.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 19, 2010
We were going in the right direction and demob was in sight.
From Coming of Age: 1939-1946 by Cox, John
In a very modern invocation of the swords-to-plowshares principle, he has evidently told Ukrainian officials that its demobbed soldiers could soon be earning Silicon Valley-level salaries operating American data centers in the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 1, 2025
But it was after returning to the North Bank when he was demobbed, that he saw some of the most iconic figures of Welsh football.
From BBC ● May 11, 2025
When she was demobbed, Patricia, like other child combatants, received a reintegration package including clothes, bed sheets, shoes, three months of food rations and other basic items.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2019
For 65, perhaps for 70 years, he refused to speak about his experiences on the French coast - when he left the US Army in 1945, he was demobbed with "the shakes", he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2019
I'm sorry, sir, but I'm to be demobbed with the third batch, and I've got my warrant in my pocket.
From General Bramble by Maurois, André
Through the foggy mists of Liverpool rose a forest of cranes, "demobbing" big liners from war to peace.
From Time Magazine Archive
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