Definition of Demob

1. Verb. Retire from military service.

Exact synonyms: Demobilise, Demobilize
Generic synonyms: Discharge, Muster Out
Derivative terms: Demobilisation, Demobilization
Antonyms: Mobilise, Mobilize

Definition of Demob

1. Verb. (British) To demobilize; to release someone from military service. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Demob

1. to discharge from military service [v -MOBBED, -MOBBING, -MOBS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Demob

demivolts
demiwolf
demiwolves
demiworld
demiworlds
demix
demixed
demixes
demixing
demixings
demlemek
demo
demo-
demo group
demo scene
demob (current term)
demobbed
demobbing
demobilisation
demobilisations
demobilise
demobilised
demobilises
demobilising
demobilization
demobilizations
demobilize
demobilized
demobilizes
demobilizing

Literary usage of Demob

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

1. The Phonographic Dictionary and Phrase Book by Benn Pitman, Jerome Bird Howard (1901)
demob'ilize Г Ur^. T^b. ... V^_^ demob-ili«dUT%/?\/^S' Demp'scy «^_ ' J DEMOCRACY, dem'ocrat ' DEMOCRA' democrat'! г^и ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1837)
"... and it was evident, from the prodigious nose that had replaced the original (which, they said, had been demob'shed in the Civil Wars), that the sculptor ..."

3. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1892)
"... MALI«—DISMISSAL OF ACTION AS E vi demob ot- — No implication of want of probable cause is raised by the fact that a ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1880)
"... for Secretary of State, Michael T. demob«; for Treasurer, George Dutton ; for Auditor, Davis J.King ..."

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