demobilise

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A form of demobilize — To release someone from military duty, especially after a war.

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Scrabble 15

Meanings

verbdemobilise (third-person singular simple present demobilises, present participle demobilising, simple past and past participle demobilised)

present singular third person demobilises · participle present demobilising · participle past demobilised · past demobilised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of demobilize.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbrelease from military service or remove from the active list of military service

verbretire from military service

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Englishmobilise
  8. Englishdemobilise

From de- + mobilise.

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APA

demobilise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demobilise

MLA

“demobilise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demobilise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “demobilise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demobilise.

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