demobilize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb release from military service or remove from the active list of military service
    demobilise; inactivate.
  2. verb retire from military service
    demob; demobilise.

WordNet

De*mob"i*lize transitive verb
Etymology
Cf. F. démobiliser.
Definitions
  1. (Mil.) To disorganize, or disband and send home, as troops which have been mobilized.

Webster 1913