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Verb: demobilise  dee'mow-bu,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: demobilize)
  1. Release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
    "The soldiers were demobilised after the war ended";
    - demobilize, inactivate
     
  2. Discharge from military service
    "The soldiers were demobilised after the war";
    - demobilize, demob [Brit, informal]

Derived forms: demobilising, demobilises, demobilised

Type of: discharge, muster out

Antonym: mobilize

Encyclopedia: Demobilise