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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops;
- Example: "demobilization of factories"
- Example: "immediate demobilization of the reserves"
[syn: demobilization, demobilisation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Demobilization \De*mob`i*li*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]mobilisation. See Mobilization.] (Mil.) The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war footing to a peace footing. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

demobilization n 1: act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops; "demobilization of factories"; "immediate demobilization of the reserves" [syn: demobilization, demobilisation] [ant: militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

48 Moby Thesaurus words for "demobilization": breakup, deactivation, demilitarization, detachment, diaspora, disarmament, disbanding, disbandment, discharge, disintegration, dismissal, disorganization, dispersal, dispersion, dissolution, mustering out, parole, parting, reconversion, reduction of armaments, release, separation, split-up, unbinding, unbolting, unbridling, unbuckling, uncaging, unchaining, unfettering, ungagging, unhanding, unharnessing, unhobbling, unlashing, unlatching, unleashing, unlocking, unloosing, unmanacling, unmuzzling, unpenning, unshackling, unstrapping, untethering, untrussing, untying, unyoking