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  • verb UK Alternative spelling of demobilize.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb retire from military service
  • verb release from military service or remove from the active list of military service

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Examples

  • He claimed that Masetlha was working with Mantashe to "demobilise" the campaign to elect Mbalula as the next secretary general in 2012.

    Guardian Online 2010

  • He claimed that Masetlha was working with Mantashe to "demobilise" the campaign to elect Mbalula as the next secretary general in 2012.

    Guardian Online 2010

  • He claimed that Masetlha was working with Mantashe to "demobilise" the campaign to elect Mbalula as the next secretary general in 2012.

    Guardian Online 2010

  • They wanted to "demobilise" the ANC to become only an "electoral machine.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • They wanted to "demobilise" the ANC to become only an "electoral machine.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • They are nothing less than an attempt to demobilise the left's natural constituencies the working and progressive middle classes, the demographic majority in the UK.

    Letters: A recovery plan for Labour 2011

  • The different factions had suggested they were ready to stop fighting and demobilise after getting sight of a historic deal presented to them Monday.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • "We know they've chosen us because we're Tutsi," a Burundian officer who asked to remain anonymous told AFP, adding "we are not refusing to demobilise but we are victims of mistreatment".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • More than 650 mostly Tutsi soldiers in Burundi refused to demobilise on Monday in the small central African country, citing unfair ethnic treatment.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

  • On Friday, Uganda said it signed an accord with the LRA for the rebels to disarm, demobilise and reintegrate into the army as a last step before signing a comprehensive peace deal to end more than 20 years of war.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2008

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