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Both leaders agreed to demobilize their armies and sign the peace treaty.
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In coming days, crews will demobilize equipment, clear construction staging areas, test rail signals, and resurface and inspect the track.
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 2 June 2025
Right-wing paramilitaries, which demobilized in the early 2000s, had recruited at least 2,800 children over roughly a decade.
—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
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Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 2 June 2025
Right-wing paramilitaries, which demobilized in the early 2000s, had recruited at least 2,800 children over roughly a decade.
—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
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“Demobilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demobilize. Accessed 7 Jun. 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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