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de⋅mo⋅bi⋅lize

  [dee-moh-buh-lahyz]
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–verb (used with object), -lized, -liz⋅ing.
1. to disband (troops, an army, etc.).
2. 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
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