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
More men are avoiding military service, while calls to demobilize exhausted frontline soldiers have grown.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2024
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
Santa Clara County officials announced plans to demobilize their mass testing and vaccination sites by the end of the month.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
Its significance is apparent when it is remembered that simultaneously the Kaiser was invoking the Czar to demobilize his armies, and cease military preparations.
From The Evidence in the Case A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia by Beck, James M. (James Montgomery)
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
When the enlisted women were demobilized, they had to sign a pledge promising they’d do just that—not say anything about what they’d done.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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
On the other hand, “feelings of depression are demobilizing and take you out of the political system,” said Ojeda, author of “The Sad Citizen: How Politics is Depressing and Why it Matters.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
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
As soon as the retreat and demobilizing of the Prussian forces was announced, the French troops in Bavaria and Franconia began to press forward, while others poured across the Rhine.
From The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) by Rose, John Holland
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