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
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
Therefore, on July 31 we demanded that Russia demobilize, this being the only measure which could save the peace of Europe.
From New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why? by Various
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
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
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
Defense Minister Diego Molano said in an interview that the military was making “every effort” to fight these new groups by redoubling its focus on taking out ringleaders, eradicating coca and demobilizing fighters.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2022
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
It was yesterday, after the news came that Germany had sent Russia an ultimatum about instantly demobilizing, demanding an answer by eleven this morning.
From Christine by Cholmondeley, Alice
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