Demobilize

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  • transitive verb. To discharge from military service or use.
  • transitive verb. To disband (troops).
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To disband; change from a condition of mobilization. Also written demobilise.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To disorganize, or disband and send home, as troops which have been mobilized.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To release someone from military duty, especially after a war.
  • verb. To disband troops, or remove them from a war footing.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
  • verb. retire from military service
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    "When does a song "demobilize" a word, so that no serious lyricist can use it again?"
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