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
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Present
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demobilizesimple
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demobilizessimple
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have demobilizedperfect
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has demobilizedperfect
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am demobilizingprogressive
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are demobilizingprogressive
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is demobilizingprogressive
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have been demobilizingperfect progressive
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has been demobilizingperfect progressive
Past
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demobilizedsimple
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had demobilizedperfect
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was demobilizingprogressive
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were demobilizingprogressive
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had been demobilizingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of demobilize
Example Sentences
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The oilfield-services company, formerly known as Schlumberger, had to demobilize operations in a number of countries in response to customer actions to safeguard personnel and facilities, Le Peuch said Friday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
The Army Corps and its contractors initially aimed to demobilize by Jan. 8, 2026, the one-year anniversary of the fires, but federal cleanup efforts finished much earlier than expected.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026
A delegate for Los Shottas told The Associated Press that the group hopes for peace, but would only demobilize if every single armed group in Colombia also sets down their weapons.
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
I shall exhibit a paper covered with seals to a scribe at the G.M.P., who will utter a few lamentations as a matter of form, and demobilize me with much grumbling.
From General Bramble by Maurois, André
It demobilizes, distracts, and depresses those who want to do better.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2025
Baker won plaudits for the Central American plan that demobilizes the contras.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such sluggishness would scarcely reduce unemployment, which stands at 7.3% and could climb even higher as the Pentagon demobilizes the armed forces and slashes military contracts.
From Time Magazine Archive
The U.S. mobilized to fight World War II, then rapidly demobilized after it ended.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
But 10 years after the accords and in the face of electoral doom, Ramirez and most demobilized fighters say they remain committed to peace.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
But perhaps as important as what was included in the legislation is what was cut out — particularly a timeline for when conscripted soldiers will be demobilized.
From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
In 2003, he joined a peace process under which paramilitary leaders demobilized in exchange for reduced sentences.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
In the postwar years, when an influx of demobilized students threatened to burst the seams of Berkeley’s outdated scientific facilities, California’s legislature and the university’s private patrons responded with unprecedented generosity.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Overprotected by parents in the physical world and underprotected in the virtual one, Generation Z has become ill-equipped to face and overcome crises while suffering from the demobilizing effects of depression and anxiety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
“There are a lot of state resources in the field that have been decreasingly utilized that we are demobilizing over time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
The 3.4% decline in 2020 was still the biggest annual decline for GDP since an 11.6% drop in 1946 when the country was demobilizing after World War II.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
The bright side of all this is that far from demobilizing Muslims, it has coincided with a surge in Muslim civic engagement.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2018
The fact that one of the parties concerned was demobilizing its forces would not change the situation.
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