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demobbing

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de⋅mob

  [dee-mob] noun, verb, -mobbed, -mob⋅bing. Chiefly British Informal.
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–noun
1. demobilization.
2. a person who has been demobilized.
–verb (used with object)
3. to discharge (a person) from the armed forces; demobilize.
Origin:
1915–20; orig. short for demobilize
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de·mob   (dē-mŏb')   
tr.v.   de·mobbed, de·mob·bing, de·mobs
To demobilize (armed forces).
n.  Demobilization of armed forces.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

demob  (v.)
1920, short for demobilize (1882), from de- + mobilize. Originally in reference to World War I troops returning to civilian life.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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