demobilize
verb /diːˈməʊbəlaɪz/
/diːˈməʊbəlaɪz/
(British English also demobilise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they demobilize | /diːˈməʊbəlaɪz/ /diːˈməʊbəlaɪz/ |
| he / she / it demobilizes | /diːˈməʊbəlaɪzɪz/ /diːˈməʊbəlaɪzɪz/ |
| past simple demobilized | /diːˈməʊbəlaɪzd/ /diːˈməʊbəlaɪzd/ |
| past participle demobilized | /diːˈməʊbəlaɪzd/ /diːˈməʊbəlaɪzd/ |
| -ing form demobilizing | /diːˈməʊbəlaɪzɪŋ/ /diːˈməʊbəlaɪzɪŋ/ |
- (also British English, informal demob)[transitive] demobilize somebody to release somebody from military service, especially at the end of a war
- We were waiting to be demobilized.
- The army has demobilized 200 000 soldiers in the last two years.
- [intransitive] (of a country or group of soldiers) to stop military activities
- The president insisted the rebels must disarm and demobilize.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from French démobiliser, from dé- (expressing reversal) + mobiliser ‘mobilize’.