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demobilize

/diːˈməʊbɪlaɪz/

demobilize verb: to release someone from military duty, especially after a war.

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.

demobilize meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Vietnamese

demobilize in Malayalam

സൈന്യത്തിൽനിന്നും പിരിച്ചുവിടുക, പട്ടാളത്തെ പിരിച്ചുവിടുക

demobilize in Kannada

ಪಡೆಬಿಡು

demobilize in Vietnamese

to release someone from military duty
giải ngũ, xuất ngũ

Forms of demobilize

third-person singular presentdemobilizes
present participledemobilizing
past participledemobilized
pastdemobilized
alternative formdemobilise

Origin of demobilize

From de- + mobilize.

Words formed from demobilize

Questions about demobilize

What does demobilize mean?
Demobilize means to release someone from military duty, especially after a war.
What is demobilize in Malayalam?
Demobilize in Malayalam is സൈന്യത്തിൽനിന്നും പിരിച്ചുവിടുക, പട്ടാളത്തെ പിരിച്ചുവിടുക. See Demobilize meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is demobilize?
Demobilize is a verb.
How do you pronounce demobilize?
Demobilize is pronounced /diːˈməʊbɪlaɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of demobilize?
The past tense of demobilize is demobilized.

Words near demobilize in the dictionary

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

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