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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The order came two weeks after the Marines sent to Los Angeles left and a week after the Trump administration demobilized most of the National Guard.
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2025
Colombia’s truth commission says paramilitary groups, which demobilized under deals with Uribe’s government, killed more than 205,000 people, nearly half of the 450,000 deaths recorded during the ongoing civil conflict.
—CNN Money, 28 July 2025
Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell on Tuesday confirmed that approximately 2,000 of the 4,000 California National Guard troops deployed in the region would begin demobilizing.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Although he was demobilized in February, 1919, the Old Comrades Association commissioned him to write the history of the battalion between 1915 and 1918.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2025
Colombia’s truth commission says paramilitary groups, which demobilized under deals with Uribe’s government, killed more than 205,000 people, nearly half of the 450,000 deaths recorded during the ongoing civil conflict.
—CNN Money, 28 July 2025
Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell on Tuesday confirmed that approximately 2,000 of the 4,000 California National Guard troops deployed in the region would begin demobilizing.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 July 2025
Although he was demobilized in February, 1919, the Old Comrades Association commissioned him to write the history of the battalion between 1915 and 1918.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
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Starmer and others have said that a Palestinian state must be demilitarized.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
23 Sep. 2025
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The Palestinian Authority has engaged directly with Canada and the international community to undertake essential reforms, including comprehensive governance reforms, holding general elections in 2026 in which Hamas can play no role, and demilitarizing the Palestinian state.—
Ben Kelly,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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The president was additionally nominated for the prize last year for the brokerage of the Abraham Accords and by 18 House Republicans in 2018 for denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and ending the 68-year-old war between North and South Korea.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
31 July 2025
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In recent months, administration officials have said that the president’s goal remains the same: completely denuclearizing North Korea.—
Max Kim,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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Authorities confronted the man, identified by county officials as Floyd Smith, after safely disarming him and securing the residence, officials said.—
TJ Macias,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey — the main mediators with Hamas — are pressing the Islamist group to agree to a deal that would free Israeli hostages, end the conflict, and ultimately disarm and dismantle the organization.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Demobilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demobilize. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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