demobilization

Other forms: demobilizations

Definitions of demobilization

1. noun

   act of changing from a war basis to a peace basis including disbanding or discharging troops
   “demobilization of factories”

   “immediate demobilization of the reserves”

   synonyms: demobilisation

   antonyms:

   mobilization

   act of assembling and putting into readiness for war or other emergency: "mobilization of the troops"

   types:

   disarmament, disarming

   act of reducing or depriving of arms

   type of:

   social control

   control exerted (actively or passively) by group action