demobilize
Americanverb (used with object)
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to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
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to discharge (a person) from military service.
verb
Other Word Forms
- demobilization noun
Etymology
Origin of demobilize
Example Sentences
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While the federal government may demobilize, the onus now has been pushed to the property owners to either finish the job.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025
More men are avoiding military service, while calls to demobilize exhausted frontline soldiers have grown.
From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2024
He’s also negotiating with the most powerful of Colombia’s armed groups – from leftist guerrillas to smaller trafficking mafias – in an effort to get them to demobilize simultaneously.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2023
Petro has pushed for what he calls a “total peace” that would demobilize all of the country’s remaining rebel groups as well as its drug trafficking gangs.
From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2023
She must demobilize all her naval and aerial forces.
From World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
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