demobilization

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de·mo·bil·ize

(dē-mō′bə-līz′)

tr.v. de·mo·bil·ized, de·mo·bil·iz·ing, de·mo·bil·iz·es

1. To discharge from military service or use.

2. To disband (troops).

de·mo′bil·i·za′tion (-bə-lĭ-zā′shən) n.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

demobilization

The process of transitioning a conflict or wartime military establishment and defense-based civilian economy to a peacetime configuration while maintaining national security and economic vitality. See also mobilization.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

demobilization

the process of being demobilized or mustered out of the military.

demobilization

[ˈdiːˌməʊbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃən] N → desmovilización f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

demobilization

[diːˌməʊbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃ^ən] demobilisation (British) n [army, soldiers] → démobilisation f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

demobilization

n (of army) → Demobilmachung f, → Demobilisierung f; (of soldier) → Entlassung f → aus dem Kriegsdienst, Demobilisierung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

demobilization

[ˈdiːˌməʊbɪlaɪˈzeɪʃ/ən] n → smobilitazione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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