Definitions
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- verb UK Alternative spelling of
demobilize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb retire from military service
- verb release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
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Examples
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He claimed that Masetlha was working with Mantashe to "demobilise" the campaign to elect Mbalula as the next secretary general in 2012.
Guardian Online 2010
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He claimed that Masetlha was working with Mantashe to "demobilise" the campaign to elect Mbalula as the next secretary general in 2012.
Guardian Online 2010
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He claimed that Masetlha was working with Mantashe to "demobilise" the campaign to elect Mbalula as the next secretary general in 2012.
Guardian Online 2010
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They wanted to "demobilise" the ANC to become only an "electoral machine.
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They wanted to "demobilise" the ANC to become only an "electoral machine.
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They are nothing less than an attempt to demobilise the left's natural constituencies the working and progressive middle classes, the demographic majority in the UK.
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The different factions had suggested they were ready to stop fighting and demobilise after getting sight of a historic deal presented to them Monday.
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"We know they've chosen us because we're Tutsi," a Burundian officer who asked to remain anonymous told AFP, adding "we are not refusing to demobilise but we are victims of mistreatment".
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More than 650 mostly Tutsi soldiers in Burundi refused to demobilise on Monday in the small central African country, citing unfair ethnic treatment.
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On Friday, Uganda said it signed an accord with the LRA for the rebels to disarm, demobilise and reintegrate into the army as a last step before signing a comprehensive peace deal to end more than 20 years of war.
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