Hypertext Webster Gateway: "demobilization"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
demobilization
n : 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: {demobilisation}] [ant: {mobilization}]
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