demobilise

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de⋅mo⋅bi⋅lize

[dee-moh-buh-lahyz]

–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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demobilise
verb
1.	release from military service or remove from the active list of military service [syn: demobilize] [ant: call up]
2.	retire from military service [syn: demobilize] [ant: mobilise]

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