demobilize

• (UK) demobilise

From de- +‎ mobilize.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈməʊbɪlaɪz/

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demobilize (third-person singular simple present demobilizes, present participle demobilizing, simple past and past participle demobilized)

1. To release someone from military duty, especially after a war.
2. To disband troops, or remove them from a war footing.

• demobilization

• “demobilize”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “demobilize”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “demobilize”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “demobilize”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.