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Demobilization   /dimˌoʊbəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/  /dimˌoʊbələzˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Demobilization

noun
1.
Act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops.  Synonym: demobilisation.  "Immediate demobilization of the reserves"






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"Demobilization" Quotes from Famous Books



... the other well-known by-products of war on the Western Front always got the bulk of medical notice, while our rarer Macedonian efforts remained neglected. My friend McTurtle has nervous prostration, with violent paroxysms at the mention of leave or demobilization, and the medical profession can only classify him as "N. Y. D., or Not Yet ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, June 4, 1919. • Various

... will be needed to disarm, demobilize, and reintegrate militia members into civilian society. Around the world, this process of transitioning members of irregular military forces from civil conflict to new lives once a peace settlement takes hold is familiar. The disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of militias depends on national reconciliation and on confidence-building measures among the parties to ...
— The Iraq Study Group Report • United States Institute for Peace

... anglicized as National Army of Independent Cambodia (NAIC), and Khmer People's National Liberation Armed Forces (KPNLAF) - under the Paris peace agreement of October 1991, all four factions are to observe a cease-fire and prepare for UN-supervised cantonment, disarmament, and 70% demobilization before the election, with the fate of the remaining 30% to be determined by the newly elected government - the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) will verify the cease-fire and disarm the combatants Manpower availability: males 15-49, 1,877,339; 1,032,102 fit for military ...
— The 1992 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.



Words linked to "Demobilization" :   disarmament, demobilize, mobilization, social control, disarming



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