Examples of demobilize in a Sentence
Both leaders agreed to demobilize their armies and sign the peace treaty.
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The main contention with the legislation was a last-minute decision to remove a measure to allow troops to demobilize after 36 months.
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Mallory Moench, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
Soldiers serving for more than 36 months were originally slated to be allowed to demobilize and return home, but the provision was removed from a draft law following an intervention by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi, according to Ukrainian lawmakers.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
Liu Jie, the garrison’s commander, said the militia would assist the army in duties such as providing jobs to demobilized veterans or recruiting soldiers for the military.
—Laura He, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024
The bill, for instance, leaves open the possibility of demobilizing troops after three years of service.
—Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
Zelensky has also asked the military and parliament to prepare a law to demobilize those who have been fighting for nearly two years.
—Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
More men are avoiding military service, while calls to demobilize exhausted frontline soldiers have grown.
—Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
The federal and state governments should give all militias that do not qualify as indigenous police a grace period to disarm and demobilize.
—Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2018
Last week, the conductor was safely and successfully installed, utilizing a smaller rig (see Figure 1) that has since demobilized from site.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2024
Mallory Moench, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
Soldiers serving for more than 36 months were originally slated to be allowed to demobilize and return home, but the provision was removed from a draft law following an intervention by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi, according to Ukrainian lawmakers.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
Liu Jie, the garrison’s commander, said the militia would assist the army in duties such as providing jobs to demobilized veterans or recruiting soldiers for the military.
—Laura He, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024
The bill, for instance, leaves open the possibility of demobilizing troops after three years of service.
—Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
Zelensky has also asked the military and parliament to prepare a law to demobilize those who have been fighting for nearly two years.
—Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
More men are avoiding military service, while calls to demobilize exhausted frontline soldiers have grown.
—Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2024
The federal and state governments should give all militias that do not qualify as indigenous police a grace period to disarm and demobilize.
—Vanda Felbab-Brown, Foreign Affairs, 27 Sep. 2018
Last week, the conductor was safely and successfully installed, utilizing a smaller rig (see Figure 1) that has since demobilized from site.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2024
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demobilize
verb
de·mo·bi·lize
di-ˈmō-bə-ˌlīz 
(ˈ)dē-
1
: to dismiss from military service
demobilize an army
2
: to change from a state of war to a state of peace
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