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DEMOBILIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they demobilize ... he / she / it demobilizes
Past simple: demobilized
Past participle: demobilized
-ing form: demobilizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Retire from military service
Synonyms:
demob; demobilise; demobilize
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "demobilize" is one way to...):
discharge; muster out (release from military service)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Antonym:
mobilize (get ready for war)
Derivation:
demobilization (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 "demobilize" is one way to...):
discharge; muster out (release from military service)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Antonym:
mobilize (call to arms; of military personnel)
Derivation:
demobilization (act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops)
