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[syn: demobilization, demobilisation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Demobilization \De*mob`i*li*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F.
d['e]mobilisation. See Mobilization.] (Mil.)
The disorganization or disarming of troops which have
previously been mobilized or called into active service; the
change from a war footing to a peace footing.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
demobilization
n 1: act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including
disbanding or discharging troops; "demobilization of
factories"; "immediate demobilization of the reserves"
[syn: demobilization, demobilisation] [ant:
militarisation, militarization, mobilisation,
mobilization]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "demobilization":
breakup, deactivation, demilitarization, detachment, diaspora,
disarmament, disbanding, disbandment, discharge, disintegration,
dismissal, disorganization, dispersal, dispersion, dissolution,
mustering out, parole, parting, reconversion,
reduction of armaments, release, separation, split-up, unbinding,
unbolting, unbridling, unbuckling, uncaging, unchaining,
unfettering, ungagging, unhanding, unharnessing, unhobbling,
unlashing, unlatching, unleashing, unlocking, unloosing,
unmanacling, unmuzzling, unpenning, unshackling, unstrapping,
untethering, untrussing, untying, unyoking