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Demobilization   /dimˌoʊbəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/  /dimˌoʊbələzˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Demobilization

noun
1.
Act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops.  Synonym: demobilisation.  "Immediate demobilization of the reserves"






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"Demobilization" Quotes from Famous Books



... that I have personally delivered the battery records, correctly sorted, labeled, and securely crated, to the demobilization office. The typewriter, field-desk, and stationery have been turned in, ...
— The Pride of Palomar • Peter B. Kyne

... successes against German vessels. Towards the end of the year it became necessary to consider the action to be taken in regard to our submarines, as the German control of the Baltic became effective, and the demobilization of the Russian fleet became more and more pronounced. Many schemes for securing their escape from these waters were discussed, but the chances of success were so small, and the submarines themselves possessed so little fighting value owing to their age, that ...
— The Crisis of the Naval War • John Rushworth Jellicoe

... reintegrate militia members into civilian society. Around the world, this process of transitioning members of irregular military forces from civil conflict to new lives once a peace settlement takes hold is familiar. The disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of militias depends on national reconciliation and on confidence-building measures among the parties ...
— The Iraq Study Group Report • United States Institute for Peace

... The demobilization of the German Army must take place within two months of the peace. Its strength may not exceed 100,000, including 4,000 officers, with not over seven divisions of infantry and three of cavalry, and to be devoted exclusively to maintenance of internal order ...
— World's War Events, Volume III • Various

... Buntingford would motor up to town, spend some strenuous hours in demobilization work at the Admiralty, returning in the evening to receive Cynthia's report of the day. Miss Denison, the boy's teacher, who had been trained in one of the London Special Schools, was a little round-faced lady with spectacles, apparently without any emotions, but really filled with ...
— Helena • Mrs. Humphry Ward



Words linked to "Demobilization" :   demobilize, mobilization, social control, disarming, disarmament



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