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demob::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | demobilise, demobilize |
| Type of | discharge, muster out |
Examples of demob
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Demob-happy joke it may have been, but it wasn't a very clever one politically.
From the guardian.co.uk
With the end of her annual readathon in sight, Frostrup is demob happy when we meet.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Cams has buggered off to the Med to get away from the Cleggster, so we're all demob happy.
From the guardian.co.uk
Over 500,000 men and women are still under arms, and each side plans to demob just 60,000 troops this year.
From the economist.com
Went down a treat with the demob happy fashion crowd.
From the guardian.co.uk
After demob, he rejoined the Worthing Herald.
From the guardian.co.uk
And he's a little demob happy.
From the economist.com
I, for one, am feeling demob happy.
From the guardian.co.uk
For once, Ronnie Wood was the sober anchor behind the Stones'success here, while Keith Richards seemed almost demob-happy as what may be the band's final tour drew to a close.
From the independent.co.uk
- Demobilize: retire from military service
- Demobilization is the process of standing down a nation's armed forces from combat-ready status. This may be as a result of victory in war, or because a crisis has been peacefully resolved and military force will not be necessary. The opposite of demobilization is mobilization.
- Demob are a British punk rock band from Gloucester.
- Demob was a short-lived British comedy-drama television series, which screened for one season in 1993.
- Demobilization, or a crew being removed from working a fire.
- An abbreviation for demobilization. The systematic release of personnel and resources from an incident. Demob should start during the incident's mobilization phase.
- (of a serviceman) demobalise (release from armed forces).
