as in to demilitarize
to release (someone or something) from military service
Both leaders agreed to demobilize their armies and sign the peace treaty. Ships returned to port to be demobilized.
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Recent Examples of demobilize
Research documents how political violence leads to political repression and demobilizes social movements.
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Dana R. Fisher, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
Demilitarizing the economy and demobilizing the public would risk undermining the system that sustains his rule.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
Then, in 2017, FARC dissident factions, led by former FARC members who either never demobilized or rearmed, began to appear.
—Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
Instead of seeking comprehensive peace deals to demobilize the remaining groups, Petro appears to understand that there is no national peace deal in the offing.
—Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
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Dana R. Fisher, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
Demilitarizing the economy and demobilizing the public would risk undermining the system that sustains his rule.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
Then, in 2017, FARC dissident factions, led by former FARC members who either never demobilized or rearmed, began to appear.
—Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
Instead of seeking comprehensive peace deals to demobilize the remaining groups, Petro appears to understand that there is no national peace deal in the offing.
—Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demobilize
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Germany, obliged by history to demilitarize, but conscious that this posture has run its course, almost certainly holds the key to any such transformation.—
Roger Cohen,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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Egypt considered Israel to have breached the limits of military presence near areas demilitarized under the treaty, raising tensions.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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Lee, in particular, must be ready to sacrifice the unrealistic rhetoric about fully denuclearizing North Korea and reunifying the two countries that has long dominated South Korean politics, as well as the fantasy that imposing sanctions will change North Korean behavior.—
John Delury,
Foreign Affairs,
3 June 2025
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The United States continues to pursue an official policy of completely denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, but the goal is challenged by a North Korean nuclear weapons program that is becoming more sophisticated by the year.—
John Feng
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
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As Russia has demonstrated in its war in Ukraine, the country that controls global navigation systems and can disarm the satellites of its adversaries will have enormous military advantages.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Netanyahu has rejected those terms, saying Israel will continue the war until all the hostages are returned and Hamas is defeated or disarmed and sent into exile.—
Tia Goldenberg,
Los Angeles Times,
22 June 2025
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“Demobilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demobilize. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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