Examples of demobilize in a Sentence
Both leaders agreed to demobilize their armies and sign the peace treaty.
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Demilitarizing the economy and demobilizing the public would risk undermining the system that sustains his rule.
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Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
In Munich, demobilized soldiers, right-wing paramilitaries, and Communist militants fought in the streets, while leaders of the new Weimar Republic were routinely assassinated.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
The idea behind his main initiative, Total Peace, stems from a lesson learned from years of government efforts to end conflict in Colombia: demobilizing just one group empowers others to grow.
—Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
That would exceed the all-time high of 106.1 percent of gross domestic product in 1946, a year when the United States was still demobilizing from World War II and had not begun paying down the massive borrowing needed to fund a global military effort.
—Editorial Board, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
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Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
In Munich, demobilized soldiers, right-wing paramilitaries, and Communist militants fought in the streets, while leaders of the new Weimar Republic were routinely assassinated.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
The idea behind his main initiative, Total Peace, stems from a lesson learned from years of government efforts to end conflict in Colombia: demobilizing just one group empowers others to grow.
—Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
That would exceed the all-time high of 106.1 percent of gross domestic product in 1946, a year when the United States was still demobilizing from World War II and had not begun paying down the massive borrowing needed to fund a global military effort.
—Editorial Board, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
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demobilize
verb
de·mo·bi·lize
di-ˈmō-bə-ˌlīz 
(ˈ)dē-
1
: to dismiss from military service
demobilize an army
2
: to change from a state of war to a state of peace
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