demobilize

English

Alternative forms

• (UK) demobilise

Etymology

From de- +‎ mobilize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈməʊbɪlaɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

demobilize (third-person singular simple present demobilizes, present participle demobilizing, simple past and past participle demobilized)

1. To release someone from military duty, especially after a war.
2. To disband troops, or remove them from a war footing.

Derived terms

• demobilizee
• demobilizer

Related terms

• demobilization

Translations

to release someone from military duty

• Bulgarian: демобилизирам (demobiliziram)
• Catalan: desmobilitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 復員 / 复员 (zh) (fùyuán)

• Danish: demobilisere
• Finnish: kotiuttaa (fi)
• French: démobilier
• Galician: desmobilizar
• German: demobilisieren (de)
• Italian: smobilitare
• Portuguese: desmobilizar (pt)
• Russian: демобилизо́вывать (ru) impf (demobilizóvyvatʹ), демобилизова́ть (ru) pf (demobilizovátʹ)
• Slovak: demobilizovať
• Spanish: desmovilizar (es)

to disband troops

• Bulgarian: разпускам (bg) (razpuskam)
• Danish: demobilisere
• Finnish: kotiuttaa (fi)
• Galician: desmobilizar
• German: demobilisieren (de)
• Italian: smobilitare
• Portuguese: desmobilizar (pt)
• Russian: распуска́ть (ru) impf (raspuskátʹ), распусти́ть (ru) pf (raspustítʹ)
• Slovak: demobilizovať
• Spanish: desmovilizar (es)
• Swedish: demobilisera (sv)

Further reading

• “demobilize”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “demobilize”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “demobilize”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “demobilize”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.