demobilize

🇺🇸 /diːˈməʊbəlaɪz/ 🇬🇧 /diːˈməʊbəlaɪz/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

to allow someone to leave the army, navy, etc., usually after a war has ended

After the war, the soldiers were demobilized and sent home.

R

to stop all military operations

It's time to demobilize and end this conflict peacefully.

translation

v. to allow someone to leave the army, navy, etc., usually after a war has ended; to stop all military operations

Word Forms

3rd Present demobilizes
Past demobilized
Perfect demobilized
Progressive demobilizing