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demobilise

demobilise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demobilize.

Meaning of demobilize

Verb

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

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To release someone from military duty, especially after a war.
  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To disband troops, or remove them from a war footing.

Forms of demobilise

third-person singular presentdemobilises
present participledemobilising
past participledemobilised
pastdemobilised

Origin of demobilise

From de- + mobilise.

Questions about demobilise

What is demobilise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Demobilise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of demobilize.

Words near demobilise in the dictionary

  1. demob-happy
  2. demobbed
  3. demobbing
  4. demobilisation
  5. demobilisations
  6. demobilise
  7. demobilised
  8. demobilises
  9. demobilising
  10. demobilization
  11. demobilizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: demobilise (page history and authors); demobilize (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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