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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
demobilise .
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Examples
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Only five communities participated in the New Beginnings development projects, similar to those in the new plan, and many who were ultimately "demobilised" turned out to never have even been combatants in the first place.
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Only five communities participated in the New Beginnings development projects, similar to those in the new plan, and many who were ultimately "demobilised" turned out to never have even been combatants in the first place.
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French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said the plane was "demobilised" at the airport at the request of Ivory Coast's "legitimate authorities", AP reports.
BBC News - Home 2010
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'demobilised' combatants, rather than offering incentives for officers who showed the fewest army casualties and the largest number of enemy casualties.
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Recruitment is on a massive scale aimed at people from all walks of life, including demobilised soldiers.
Angola is facing a teaching crisis that seems without end | Alex Duval Smith 2011
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At first western forces demobilised Afghan militias, then they started to arm them.
Afghanistan is losing time for a peaceful solution – and the Taliban know it 2011
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Once he was demobilised from the army, he just carried on living the same way - raiding passers-by and villages, and living off the proceeds.
Johann Hari: Kidnapped, Raped, Married: The Extraordinary Rebellion of Ethiopia's Abducted Wives 2010
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In the summer of 1970, Karl Marlantes, a recently demobilised Vietnam veteran posted to US Marine Corps headquarters after 13 months of highly decorated active service, found himself walking some sensitive military papers across to the Capitol.
Matterhorn by Karl Marlantes By Robert McCrum 2010
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Meanwhile, many of those who were demobilised have formed new militia groups.
Colombians hunt for disappeared loved ones - and their murderers join search 2010
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Once he was demobilised from the army, he just carried on living the same way - raiding passers-by and villages, and living off the proceeds.
Kidnapped, Raped, Married: The Extraordinary Rebellion of Ethiopia's Abducted Wives 2010
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