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Demobilize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To discharge from military service or use.

v. To disband (troops).

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To release someone from military duty, especially after a war.

v. To disband troops, or remove them from a war footing.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To disorganize, or disband and send home, as troops which have been mobilized.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To disband; change from a condition of mobilization. Also written demobilise.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. release from military service or remove from the active list of military service

v. retire from military service

Word Usage

"Quebec expects to be particularly hard hit in tourism, as "the re-introduction of the obligatory visa in the middle of the summer will effectively demobilize" Mexican tourists."

Verb Form

demobilized demobilizes demobilizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

discharge muster out

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

disorganize scatter disband

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

globalize immobilize mobilize