demobilize
verb (used with object)
to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
had demobilized
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past perfectof demobilize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Durkan, Gov. Jay Inslee and other local leaders said in a joint news release that the Department of Homeland Security’s Border Patrol Tactical Unit had demobilized.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 28, 2020
Spurred by public and Congress, disturbed by the outcries of G.I.s, the Army had demobilized faster than it had wanted to.
From Time Magazine Archive
The U.S. had already sent Europe some $9 billion in food and goods since the war's end; the U.S. had demobilized, unbidden, the greatest military power the world had ever seen.
From Time Magazine Archive
