demobilise

/di:'moubilaiz/ Cách viết khác : (demobilise) /di:'moubilaiz/

Thân thiện

The soldier was demobilised and returned to his family.

Definition

1. Verb (Transitive):

   • To disband or release from military service: To officially send home soldiers or other military personnel, typically after a war or conflict has ended.
   • To deactivate or withdraw from active military use: To take military units, equipment, or installations out of active service.

2. Verb (Intransitive):

   • To be disbanded from military service: For troops to be released from active duty.

Usage and Examples

• Transitive Verb:

  • The government announced plans to demobilise thousands of troops following the peace treaty.
  • After the war, the primary challenge was to demobilise the massive army efficiently and reintegrate soldiers into civilian life.

• Intransitive Verb:

  • The soldiers were eager to demobilise and return to their families.

Advanced Usage

• "to demobilise an army/force": The standard construction for releasing a large military body.

  • The treaty required the country to demobilise half of its armed forces within six months.

• "to demobilise industry/economy": (Extended, figurative use) To transition a nation's industry or economy from a wartime footing to a peacetime one.

  • The post-war government also had to demobilise the wartime economy, shifting factories back to consumer goods.

Variants and Related Words

• Demobilisation (Demobilization) (n): The act or process of demobilising.

  • The demobilisation process was complex and required careful logistical planning.

• Demob (v/n) (chiefly British, informal): A shortened, colloquial form of 'demobilise' or 'demobilisation'.

  • He got demobbed in 1946. (v)
  • After his demob, he struggled to find a job. (n)

• Remobilise (v): To call back into military service; the opposite action.

  • Fearing a new threat, the state had to remobilise its reserves.

Synonyms

• Discharge: To release from service, often with formal paperwork.
• Decommission: To take (a ship, weapon, etc.) out of active service.
• Stand down: To order troops to relax from a state of readiness or alert.

Antonyms

• Mobilise: To assemble and prepare troops and resources for active service.
• Conscript: To enlist someone compulsorily into the armed forces.
• Enlist: To voluntarily join the armed forces.

Related Phrases

• Demobilisation centre: A facility where soldiers are processed out of the military.
  • He spent a week at the demobilisation centre before finally going home.

Học thuật

Verb

1. retire from military service
2. release from military service or remove from the active list of military service

Từ đồng nghĩa

• demobilize
• demob
• inactivate