demobilization

English

Alternative forms

• demobilisation

Etymology

de- +‎ mobilization

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˌməʊbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən/

Noun

demobilization (countable and uncountable, plural demobilizations)

1. 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.

Translations

disorganization or disarming of troops

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 復員 (zh), 复员 (zh) (fùyuán)

• Finnish: kotiutus, kotiuttaminen
• French: démobilisation (fr) f
• German: Demobilisierung f

• Japanese: 復員 (ふくいん, fukuin)
• Polish: demobilizacja (pl) f
• Russian: демобилиза́ция (ru) f (demobilizácija), де́мбель (ru) m (démbelʹ) (army slang)
• Spanish: desmovilización (es) f
• Turkish: terhis (tr)