Meaning

2 senses
  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To release someone from military duty, especially after a war.

    demobilisieren

    демобилизо́выватьdemobilizóvyvatʹ, демобилизова́тьdemobilizovátʹ

    демобілізува́тиdemobilizuváty

    release from military service or remove from the active list of military service

  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To disband troops, or remove them from a war footing.

    demobilisieren

    распуска́тьraspuskátʹ, распусти́тьraspustítʹ

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to release someone from military duty:
Русский
By meaning 2
to release someone from military duty:
to disband troops:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to release someone from military duty:

Forms

demobilizes, demobilizing, demobilized, demobilized
Base formdemobilize · to demobilize
3rd person singulardemobilizes
Present participledemobilizing
Past simpledemobilized
Past participledemobilized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydemobilize
he, she, itdemobilizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsdemobilized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave demobilized
he, she, ithas demobilized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill demobilize

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • retire from military service:demobilisedemob
  • release from military service or remove from the active list of military service:inactivatedemobilise

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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