(BrE also demobilise) (also BrE informal demob) verb
[VN] to release sb from military service, especially at the end of a war:
We were waiting to be demobilized. * The army has demobilized 200000 soldiers in the last two years.
compareMOBILIZE
demobilization, demobilisation noun [U]
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