demobilize

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English

Alternative forms

(UK) demobilise

Etymology

de- +‎ mobilize

Pronunciation

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Verb

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To release someone from military duty, especially after a war.
To disband troops, or remove them from a war footing.

Related terms

demobilization

Translations

to release someone from military duty

Bulgarian: демобилизирам (demobiliziram)
Catalan: desmobilitzar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 復員／复员 (zh) (fùyuán), 复员 (zh) (fùyuán)
Finnish: kotiuttaa (fi)
French: démobilier
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Galician: desmobilizar
German: demobilisieren
Italian: smobilitare
Portuguese: desmobilizar
Russian: демобилизо́вывать (ru) impf (demobilizóvyvatʹ), демобилизова́ть (ru) pf (demobilizovátʹ)
Slovak: demobilizovať
Spanish: desmovilizar (es)

to disband troops

Bulgarian: разпускам (bg) (razpuskam)
Finnish: kotiuttaa (fi)
Galician: desmobilizar
German: demobilisieren
Italian: smobilitare
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Portuguese: desmobilizar
Russian: распуска́ть (ru) impf (raspuskátʹ), распусти́ть (ru) pf (raspustítʹ)
Slovak: demobilizovať
Spanish: desmovilizar (es)
Swedish: demobilisera (sv)

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