Demobilize

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  demobilize
       v 1: release from military service or remove from the active list
            of military service [syn: {inactivate}, {demobilise}]
            [ant: {call up}]
       2: retire from military service [syn: {demobilise}, {demob}]
          [ant: {mobilize}, {mobilize}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "demobilize":
     break up, cast loose, deactivate, debrief, decommission,
     demilitarize, demob, detach, disarm, disband, discharge,
     disintegrate, dismiss, disorganize, dispel, disperse, dissolve,
     go bail for, go separate ways, grant bail to, let go, let go free,
     let loose, let off, let out, muster out, parole, part,
     part company, put on parole, reconvert, release, retire, scatter,
     separate, sheathe the sword, split up, unhand, withdraw