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DEMOBILISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they demobilise ... he / she / it demobilises
Past simple: demobilised
Past participle: demobilised
-ing form: demobilising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Retire from military service
Synonyms:
demob; demobilise; demobilize
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "demobilise" is one way to...):
discharge; muster out (release from military service)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Antonym:
mobilise (get ready for war)
Derivation:
demobilisation (act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
Synonyms:
demobilise; demobilize; inactivate
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "demobilise" is one way to...):
discharge; muster out (release from military service)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
demobilisation (act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops)
