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demob

/diˈmɒb/US/diˈmɑb/

demob verb: to demobilize; to release someone from military service.

Verb

demob (third-person singular simple present demobs, present participle demobbing, simple past and past participle demobbed)

  1. (UK) To demobilize; to release someone from military service.
    • When Lil’s husband got demobbed, I said— / I didn't mince my words, I said to her myself, / Hurry up please its time / Now Albert’s coming back, make yourself a bit smart. […] think of poor Albert, / Hes been in the army four years, […]1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part II. A Game of Chess.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, page 22

Noun

demob (countable and uncountable, plural demobs)

  1. (UK) Demobilization; release from military service.
    • […] word was, some men were getting their demob quicker than others.2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 37, in Small Island, London: Review, page 365
  2. (UK) A person released from military service.
    • There are hundreds—thousands—of young demobs like yourself to be had to-day for the asking.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London

demob meaning in Tamil

demob in Tamil

விலக்கு

Forms of demob

Verb
third-person singular presentdemobs
present participledemobbing
past participledemobbed
pastdemobbed
Noun
pluraldemobs

Origin of demob

Clipping of demobilize.

Words formed from demob

Phrases with demob

Questions about demob

What does demob mean?
Demob means to demobilize; to release someone from military service.
What is demob in Tamil?
Demob in Tamil is விலக்கு. See Demob meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is demob?
Demob can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce demob?
Demob is pronounced /diˈmɒb/ (UK).
What is the past tense of demob?
The past tense of demob is demobbed.

Words near demob in the dictionary

  1. demo tape
  2. demo tapes
  3. demo trading
  4. demo-
  5. demo-itis
  6. demob
  7. demob suit
  8. demob suits
  9. demob-happy
  10. demobbed
  11. demobbing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: demob (page history and authors); demob (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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