Sentence examples for were demobilized from inspiring English sources
verb
To release someone from military duty, especially after a war.
The armed forces were demobilized and millions of Japanese troops and civilians abroad repatriated.
Armenian soldiers and other non-Muslims in the army were demobilized and transferred into labour battalions.
But unlike Grosz and Beckmann, who were demobilized on medical grounds after barely a year, Dix fought to the end.
When the wartime forces were demobilized in 1945, however, the total strength of the RAF was reduced to about 150,000, the approximate number retained into the 1980s.
About ten thousand National Guardsmen, the last of Task Force New York called up by President Nixon last Monday during the postal strike, were demobilized yesterday.
(See Special Report. ) Nearly 3,500 former FNL soldiers were demobilized in April and May and integrated into the national army and police force.
Most of the participants from the paramilitary forces had been demobilized in groups (collective demobilization: n = 90), whereas only about one third demobilized of their own accord (individual demobilization: n = 49).
He was demobilized as a lieutenant colonel on July 31 , 1919
After he was demobilized, he drifted into acting by accident.
The SATC was demobilized just before Christmas and the naval unit placed on inactive duty.
Feb. 14, 1989: Five Central American Presidents agree that the contras should be demobilized.
