Examples of demobilize in a Sentence
Both leaders agreed to demobilize their armies and sign the peace treaty.
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Right-wing paramilitaries, which demobilized in the early 2000s, had recruited at least 2,800 children over roughly a decade.
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Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2025
Research documents how political violence leads to political repression and demobilizes social movements.
—Dana R. Fisher, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
Demilitarizing the economy and demobilizing the public would risk undermining the system that sustains his rule.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
Then, in 2017, FARC dissident factions, led by former FARC members who either never demobilized or rearmed, began to appear.
—Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
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Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2025
Research documents how political violence leads to political repression and demobilizes social movements.
—Dana R. Fisher, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
Demilitarizing the economy and demobilizing the public would risk undermining the system that sustains his rule.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 23 Jan. 2025
Then, in 2017, FARC dissident factions, led by former FARC members who either never demobilized or rearmed, began to appear.
—Elizabeth Dickinson, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Demobilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demobilize. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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demobilize
verb
de·mo·bi·lize
di-ˈmō-bə-ˌlīz 
(ˈ)dē-
1
: to dismiss from military service
demobilize an army
2
: to change from a state of war to a state of peace
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