demobilize
/di:'moubilaiz/ Cách viết khác : (demobilise) /di:'moubilaiz/
Definition
Verb (Transitive):
- To disband or release from military service: To discharge soldiers or other military personnel from active duty, typically after a war or conflict has ended.
- To deactivate a military force: To break up or disband an organized military unit, making it no longer active for combat.
Verb (Intransitive):
- To be released from military service: For military personnel to be discharged and return to civilian life.
Usage
- The verb "demobilize" is used to describe the official process of sending soldiers home and disbanding armies. It is the opposite of "mobilize." It is often used in passive constructions (e.g., ).
- It is a formal term commonly found in historical, political, and military contexts.
Examples
- Transitive Verb:
- The government decided to demobilize half a million troops after the peace treaty was signed.
- After the war, the primary task was to demobilize the vast army efficiently.
- Intransitive Verb / Passive Voice:
- He was demobilized in 1945 and returned to his family.
- Once the conflict ended, soldiers eagerly awaited the order to demobilize.
Advanced Usage
- "Demobilize and reintegrate": A common phrase in post-conflict studies, referring to the process of discharging combatants and helping them return to civilian society.
- The UN program aims to demobilize and reintegrate former child soldiers.
- Economic Demobilization: Extending the concept to the transition of a wartime economy to a peacetime economy.
- The rapid demobilization of the war industries led to a temporary economic slump.
Variants and Related Words
- Demobilization (n): The act or process of demobilizing.
- The demobilization of forces proceeded smoothly.
- Demobilise (v): The British English spelling of "demobilize."
- Demob (v/n, Informal): A chiefly British informal shortening of "demobilize" or "demobilization."
- He got demobbed in the autumn. (v)
- After his demob, he took a long holiday. (n)
Synonyms
- Discharge: To release from service, especially military service.
- Decommission: To take (a ship, weapon, or military unit) out of active service.
- Disband: To break up or cause (an organized group) to stop existing.
Antonyms
- Mobilize: To assemble and prepare (troops) for active service.
- Enlist: To enroll or be enrolled in the armed services.
- Conscript: To enlist (someone) compulsorily, typically into the armed services; draft.
Related Phrases
- Demobilization center: A facility where soldiers are processed for discharge.
- He passed through a demobilization center before returning home.
- Post-demobilization: Referring to the period or conditions after release from military service.
- The country faced significant post-demobilization challenges, including veteran unemployment.
Verb
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retire from military service
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release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
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