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Definition of Demobilise

1. Verb. Release from military service or remove from the active list of military service.

Definition of Demobilise

1. Verb. (British) (alternative spelling of demobilize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Demobilise

Literary usage of Demobilise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War by James Brown Scott (1916)
"At the same time a demand is being made at St. Petersburgh that they should demobilise, as well on the Austrian as on the German side, otherwise Germany ..."

2. I Accuse! by Richard Grelling (1915)
"If Russia— as, indeed, theoretically might have happened—had agreed to demobilise so far as Germany was concerned, but had declined to do so with regard to ..."

3. The Economic Foundations of Peace: Or, World-partnership as the Truer Basis by James Louis Garvin (1919)
"Continental countries can demobilise by railway. Britain, the Dominions, and the United States can only demobilise by sea. We have but to think of the ..."

4. The Autobiography of a Journalist by William James Stillman (1901)
"The summons came from the powers to demobilise, or the Greek coast would be blockaded. ... The summons to demobilise was met by a point-blank refusal, ..."

5. Prince Bismarck: An Historical Biography by Charles Lowe (1885)
"... who now seems bent upon assailing us; but this trifling detail need not affect your conditional promise to demobilise” Pru.ssia: “Oho, is that your game ..."

6. Official Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War by Edmund von Mach, Germany Auswärtiges Amt, Great Britain Foreign Office, Russia Ministerstvo inostrannykh del, Servia Ministarstvo inostranikh dela (1916)
"For this reason we demanded at once, on July 31st, that Russia demobilise, which action alone could still have preserved the peace of Europe. ..."

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