demob

/'di:mɔb/

Thân thiện

The soldier was demobbed and returned to civilian life.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To release someone from military service; to demobilize. This is an informal, chiefly British term for the formal process of discharging personnel from the armed forces after a war or conflict.

Usage and Examples

• Verb:
  • After the war ended, the government began to demob thousands of soldiers.
  • He was demobbed in 1946 and returned to civilian life.
  • The unit is scheduled to be demobbed next month.

Advanced Usage

• The word is often used in the passive voice ("to be demobbed") to describe the state of the person being discharged.
• It carries a connotation of a large-scale, organized discharge following a major conflict, particularly associated with World War II.

Variants and Related Words

• Demobilize (verb): The formal and standard term meaning to discharge from military service.
• Demobilization (noun): The process of discharging troops from military service.
• Demobbed (adjective, informal): Describing someone who has been discharged from the military.
  • He was a demobbed sailor looking for work.

Synonyms

• Discharge: To release from military service.
• Decommission: To take (a ship, unit) out of active service.
• Muster out: (Chiefly US) To discharge from military service.

Phrasal Verbs

Related Idioms

• "Demob happy": (British, informal) Feeling elated or behaving in a recklessly cheerful manner because one is about to be or has just been released from military service.
  • With only a week left in the army, he was feeling demob happy and didn't care about the rules.

Học thuật

Verb

1. retire from military service

Từ đồng nghĩa

• demobilize
• demobilise