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demobilization

UK/diːˌməʊbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

demobilization noun: the disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing; the act of demobilizing.

Noun

demobilization (countable and uncountable, plural demobilizations)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing; the act of demobilizing.
    Synonyms:
    demob

demobilization meaning in Tamil and Bengali

demobilization in Tamil

படைக் கலைப்பு, படைக்கலைப்பு, படைவீரரை விடுவித்தல்

demobilization in Bengali

সেনা বিমুক্তি

Synonyms of demobilization

Antonyms

Forms of demobilization

pluraldemobilizations
alternative formdemobilisation

Origin of demobilization

From de- + mobilization or demobilize + -ation.

Words formed from demobilization

Questions about demobilization

What does demobilization mean?
Demobilization means the disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing; the act of demobilizing.
What is demobilization in Tamil?
Demobilization in Tamil is படைக் கலைப்பு, படைக்கலைப்பு, படைவீரரை விடுவித்தல். See Demobilization meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is demobilization?
Demobilization is a noun.
How do you pronounce demobilization?
Demobilization is pronounced /diːˌməʊbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of demobilization?
The plural of demobilization is demobilizations.

Words near demobilization in the dictionary

  1. demobilisations
  2. demobilise
  3. demobilised
  4. demobilises
  5. demobilising
  6. demobilization
  7. demobilizations
  8. demobilize
  9. demobilized
  10. demobilizee
  11. demobilizees

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Adapted from Wiktionary: demobilization (page history and authors); demobilization (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); demobilization (Bengali 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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