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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The champions have had a disappointing campaign - the one that they deserve according to demob happiness’s Antonio Cote - and defeat would leave them eight points behind fourth-placed Tottenham with seven games left.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 1, 2018
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
Neilson himself had been an enthusiastic if indifferent soldier, serving in Aden, Kenya and Cyprus, and after his demob had carried his military fantasies about himself into the domestic realm.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 6, 2012
He spoke in a 1997 TV documentary about emerging from the Royal Navy after World War II in his demob suit and with £80.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2010
We were going in the right direction and demob was in sight.
From Coming of Age: 1939-1946 by John Cox
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
John Stacey, 83, and John Halloran, 81, both from Cardiff, lost touch in 1959 after being demobbed from the army.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2019
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
According to UN guidelines, demobbed girls should be offered vocational training “in all types of occupations, including those traditionally limited to men and boys”.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2019
I say, excuse me, dear old top, but you mustn't wear that gunner tie now you're demobbed.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-20 by Various
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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