demobilize
verb (used with object)
to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
demobilized
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past participleof demobilize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof demobilize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
demobilizeverb (used with object)to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
Example Sentences
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The U.S. mobilized to fight World War II, then rapidly demobilized after it ended.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
Although some dissident guerrilla groups remain active, the deal brought about a transformation for Colombia -- about 13,000 fighters and collaborators demobilized and returned to civilian life.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
The JEP was established as part of a 2016 peace agreement between the state and the now demobilized FARC, which ended the rebel group's role in a conflict that has killed more than 450,000.
From Reuters ● Sep. 27, 2023
Mancuso, 59, was one of the rural paramilitary bosses to most eagerly embrace reconciliation efforts when he and some 30,000 other right-wing fighters demobilized under the 2005 Justice and Peace law.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2023
“E. O. Lawrence personally never quite demobilized after the end of World War II,” the Rad Lab physicist Wolfgang “Pief” Panofsky would observe many years later.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
