as in to demilitarize
to release (someone or something) from military service
Both leaders agreed to demobilize their armies and sign the peace treaty. Ships returned to port to be demobilized.
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Recent Examples of demobilize
The British Royal Navy demobilized its warships, decreasing its number of sailors from 49,860 in 1712 to 13,475 just two years later.
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Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
The main contention with the legislation was a last-minute decision to remove a measure to allow troops to demobilize after 36 months.
—Mallory Moench, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
Soldiers serving for more than 36 months were originally slated to be allowed to demobilize and return home, but the provision was removed from a draft law following an intervention by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi, according to Ukrainian lawmakers.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
Liu Jie, the garrison’s commander, said the militia would assist the army in duties such as providing jobs to demobilized veterans or recruiting soldiers for the military.
—Laura He, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024
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Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2024
The main contention with the legislation was a last-minute decision to remove a measure to allow troops to demobilize after 36 months.
—Mallory Moench, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
Soldiers serving for more than 36 months were originally slated to be allowed to demobilize and return home, but the provision was removed from a draft law following an intervention by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi, according to Ukrainian lawmakers.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
Liu Jie, the garrison’s commander, said the militia would assist the army in duties such as providing jobs to demobilized veterans or recruiting soldiers for the military.
—Laura He, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demobilize
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Until Sunday, the summit was demilitarized and patrolled by UN peacekeepers – their highest permanent position in the world.Mick Krever, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
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If Israel cannot fully remove Hamas from power, demilitarize the strip, and back a new authority in Gaza, then Hamas will likely reconstitute itself and fight another day.John Spencer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2024
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Trump made security guarantees to Kim, who reaffirmed his pledge to fully denuclearize the Korean peninsula.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
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Pyongyang depends heavily on Beijing for energy, food, and most of its meager trade with the outside world, and so successive U.S. administrations have tried to enlist the Chinese in their attempts to denuclearize North Korea.Oriana Skylar Mastro, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2017
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That decision involved whether certain categories of people — namely those found to pose a credible threat to others — can be temporarily disarmed.Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Dec. 2024
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Past agreements, such as the 2006 U.N. Resolution 1701, failed to fully disarm Hezbollah, leading to skepticism about the current deal's enforcement.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Demobilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demobilize. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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