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Noun: demobilization  dee,mow-bu-lu'zey-shun [N. Amer], dee,mow-bu-lI'zey-shun [Brit]
  1. Act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops
    "demobilization of factories"; "immediate demobilization of the reserves";
    - demobilisation [Brit]

Derived forms: demobilizations

Type of: social control

Encyclopedia: Demobilization