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demobilize verb [ diːˈməʊbɪlʌɪz ]

• take (troops) out of active service, typically at the end of a war.
• "he was demobilized in February 1946"
Similar: disband, decommission, discharge, demob,
Opposite: conscript,
Origin: late 19th century: from French démobiliser, from dé- (expressing reversal) + mobiliser ‘mobilize’.


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