demobilize

Example Sentences

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Petro has pushed for what he calls a “total peace” that would demobilize all of the country’s remaining rebel groups as well as its drug trafficking gangs.

From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2023

Santa Clara County officials announced plans to demobilize their mass testing and vaccination sites by the end of the month.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2023

The state has a large responsibility because it has done little to dismantle, demobilize, or defeat any of the 120 armed groups in the east, he said.

From Reuters • Jan. 31, 2023

To achieve lasting peace, Libya needs not only to find its way out of the current political crisis, but also to demobilize a generation of young men who have grown up knowing little but war.

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2022

The summons to demobilize was met by a point-blank refusal, when the fleets of the powers—Russia and France excepted—entered on the scene, and the blockade of the Greek coast was declared.

From The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume II by Stillman, William James