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demobilise

[dee-moh-buh-lahyz]

Origin

verb (used with object), -lized, -liz·ing.

to disband (troops, an army, etc.).

to discharge (a person) from military service.

Also, especially British, de·mo·bi·lise.

Origin:
1865–70; de- + mobilize

Related forms

de·mo·bi·li·za·tion, noun

non·de·mo·bi·li·za·tion, noun

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demobilize or demobilise (diːˈməʊbɪˌlaɪz)

—vb
	to disband, as troops, etc

demobilise or demobilise

—vb

demobili'zation or demobilise

—n

demobili'sation or demobilise

—n

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Word Origin & History

demobilize

1882, from de- + mobilize. Related: Demobilization (1866).

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