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verb [ T ] uk / ˌdiːˈmɒb / us / ˌdiːˈmɑːb / -bb- Add to word list. informal for demobilize formal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Joining or leaving the army. absent without leave. anti-draft. buy someone out. call someone up. commission. conscription. deserter. desertion. draft dodger. enlistment. join up. re-enlistment. re-up.
verb. de· mob (ˌ)dē-ˈmäb. di- demobbed; demobbing; demobs. Synonyms of demob. transitive verb. chiefly British. : demobilize. demob. 2 of 2. noun. chiefly British. : the act or process of demobilizing. Word History. First Known Use. Verb. 1919, in the meaning defined above. Noun. 1945, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler.
noun. 1. discharge from the armed forces; demobilization. 2. a person who has been demobilized. transitive verb. 3. to discharge (a person) from the armed forces; demobilize.
verb (used with object) , de·mobbed, de·mob·bing. to discharge (a person) from the armed forces; demobilize. demob. / diːˈmɒb /.
Definition of demob verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To release (a person) from military service, esp. at the end of a war. Also in extended use. Usually in passive. Cf. demobilize v. 1. Usually with reference to the demobilization of British and Commonwealth troops at the end of the First World War (1914–18) and (esp.) the Second World War (1939–45). 1919.
OED's earliest evidence for demob is from 1918, in Green Tiger. demob is formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: demobilization n. ; demobilized n.
demob Add to list. demob. Other forms: demobbed; demobbing; demobs. Definitions of demob. verb. retire from military service. synonyms: demobilise, demobilize. see more.
The meaning of DEMOBILIZE is disband. How to use demobilize in a sentence.
demob (third-person singular simple present demobs, present participle demobbing, simple past and past participle demobbed) To demobilize; to release someone from military service.
