demobilizev.

Brit.

/dᵻˈməʊbᵻlʌɪz/,

/dᵻˈməʊbl̩ʌɪz/,

/(ˌ)diːˈməʊbᵻlʌɪz/,

/(ˌ)diːˈməʊbl̩ʌɪz/, U.S.

/diˈmoʊbəˌlaɪz/,

/dəˈmoʊbəˌlaɪz/

Forms: 1800s– demobilise, 1800s– demobilize.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: de- prefix, mobilize v.¹

Etymology: < de- prefix + mobilize v.¹ Compare German demobilisieren (1807 or earlier as demobilisiren ), French démobiliser (1870 in a military context; 1826 in sense ‘to convert (movable property) into immovable property’). Compare demobilization n.

1. transitive. To release (a military force, troops, etc.) from a state of being mobilized; esp. to release from military service at the end of a war. Also in extended use. Cf. demob v.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > levy or mobilize > disband

cash1564

cashier1580

disband1591

reform1604

reduce1637

disbandon1640

disembody1762

demobilize1850

immobilize1871

demob1919

1850 Morning Post 14 Dec. The Council of Ministers, under the presidence of the King, has adopted this day the resolution to demobilise the army.

1882 Standard 23 Oct. 5/3 It has been decided to demobilise those Reserve men.

1892 Times 15 Aug. 6/1 The mobilized ships having first been inspected, will return to their respective ports and be demobilized forthwith.

1918 W. Faulkner Let. 22 Nov. in Thinking of Home (1992) 134 The Canadian Expeditionary Force is being demobilized at the same time. I am glad that I am getting out before the soldiers overseas get home.

1926 D. L. Sayers Clouds of Witness v. 100 Cathcart had apparently contrived to be demobilised almost at once.

1945 War Illustr. 9 Nov. 421 (caption) A B.A.O.R. major examined the papers of Wehrmacht youths about to be demobilized at Staaken, near Berlin.

1988 T. Kent Public Purpose xxxiv. 430 The only policies that were likely in fact to demobilize the forces of cost-push inflation.

2003 New Internationalist Jan. (Chronicle 2002 Suppl.) 10/2 On that day, rebellious members of the Ivorian army decided to mutiny in protest against the Government's plans to demobilize 700 soldiers.

2. intransitive. To cease military operations; to release a military force, troops, etc., from a state of being mobilized; (also) to be released from military service at the end of a war. Also in extended use.

ΚΠ

1866 London Daily News 16 Apr. 5/3 Several of the middle States are..refusing to take the Prussian motion for the reform of the constitution into consideration before the great German Powers have demobilised.

1877 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 2 Apr. 6/4 The Daily News' St. Petersburg correspondent telegraphs that it will be as difficult for Russia to demobilize after as before the signing of the protocal [sic].

1912 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 26 Dec. 1/1 Austria's failure to demobilize, however, is a greater source of disquietude to all concerned.

1950 N.Y. Herald Tribune 3 July 11/5 [The novel] concerns a scientist..conscripted for work on the atom bomb, and finds it hard to demobilize after Hiroshima.

1990 T. J. Lowi in S. Slonim Constit. Bases Polit. & Social Change in U.S. xiv. 266 The Washington bureau of the New York Times emerged out of World War II as a much larger and much more important institution, and, like the national government, it did not demobilize in the postwar period.

2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 22 Apr. i. 25/2 (advt.) During World War II, he served in Manila and Korea, and de-mobilized in 1946.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	demobilize
释义	demobilizev. Brit. /dᵻˈməʊbᵻlʌɪz/, /dᵻˈməʊbl̩ʌɪz/, /(ˌ)diːˈməʊbᵻlʌɪz/, /(ˌ)diːˈməʊbl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /diˈmoʊbəˌlaɪz/, /dəˈmoʊbəˌlaɪz/ Forms: 1800s– demobilise, 1800s– demobilize. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: de- prefix, mobilize v.¹ Etymology: < de- prefix + mobilize v.¹ Compare German demobilisieren (1807 or earlier as demobilisiren ), French démobiliser (1870 in a military context; 1826 in sense ‘to convert (movable property) into immovable property’). Compare demobilization n. 1. transitive. To release (a military force, troops, etc.) from a state of being mobilized; esp. to release from military service at the end of a war. Also in extended use. Cf. demob v. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > levy or mobilize > disband cash1564 cashier1580 disband1591 reform1604 reduce1637 disbandon1640 disembody1762 demobilize1850 immobilize1871 demob1919 1850 Morning Post 14 Dec. The Council of Ministers, under the presidence of the King, has adopted this day the resolution to demobilise the army. 1882 Standard 23 Oct. 5/3 It has been decided to demobilise those Reserve men. 1892 Times 15 Aug. 6/1 The mobilized ships having first been inspected, will return to their respective ports and be demobilized forthwith. 1918 W. Faulkner Let. 22 Nov. in Thinking of Home (1992) 134 The Canadian Expeditionary Force is being demobilized at the same time. I am glad that I am getting out before the soldiers overseas get home. 1926 D. L. Sayers Clouds of Witness v. 100 Cathcart had apparently contrived to be demobilised almost at once. 1945 War Illustr. 9 Nov. 421 (caption) A B.A.O.R. major examined the papers of Wehrmacht youths about to be demobilized at Staaken, near Berlin. 1988 T. Kent Public Purpose xxxiv. 430 The only policies that were likely in fact to demobilize the forces of cost-push inflation. 2003 New Internationalist Jan. (Chronicle 2002 Suppl.) 10/2 On that day, rebellious members of the Ivorian army decided to mutiny in protest against the Government's plans to demobilize 700 soldiers. 2. intransitive. To cease military operations; to release a military force, troops, etc., from a state of being mobilized; (also) to be released from military service at the end of a war. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1866 London Daily News 16 Apr. 5/3 Several of the middle States are..refusing to take the Prussian motion for the reform of the constitution into consideration before the great German Powers have demobilised. 1877 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 2 Apr. 6/4 The Daily News' St. Petersburg correspondent telegraphs that it will be as difficult for Russia to demobilize after as before the signing of the protocal [sic]. 1912 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 26 Dec. 1/1 Austria's failure to demobilize, however, is a greater source of disquietude to all concerned. 1950 N.Y. Herald Tribune 3 July 11/5 [The novel] concerns a scientist..conscripted for work on the atom bomb, and finds it hard to demobilize after Hiroshima. 1990 T. J. Lowi in S. Slonim Constit. Bases Polit. & Social Change in U.S. xiv. 266 The Washington bureau of the New York Times emerged out of World War II as a much larger and much more important institution, and, like the national government, it did not demobilize in the postwar period. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 22 Apr. i. 25/2 (advt.) During World War II, he served in Manila and Korea, and de-mobilized in 1946. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1850
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