[syn: demobilize, demobilise, demob]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Demobilize \De*mob"i*lize\, v. t. [Cf. F. d['e]mobiliser.]
(Mil.)
To disorganize, or disband and send home, as troops which
have been mobilized.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
demobilize
v 1: release from military service or remove from the active
list of military service [syn: demobilize, inactivate,
demobilise] [ant: call up, mobilise, mobilize,
rally]
2: retire from military service [syn: demobilize,
demobilise, demob] [ant: mobilise, mobilize]