Antonyms of verb mobilize

2 of 4 senses of mobilize

Sense 2
call up, mobilize, mobilise, rally -- (call to arms; of military personnel)
       Antonym of demobilize (Sense 1)
      => demobilize, inactivate, demobilise -- (release from military service or remove from the active list of military service)

Sense 3
mobilize, mobilise -- (get ready for war)
       Antonym of demobilize (Sense 2)
      => demobilize, demobilise, demob -- (retire from military service)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mobilize

4 senses of mobilize

Sense 1
mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon -- (make ready for action or use; "marshal resources")
       => gather, garner, collect, pull together -- (assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together")

Sense 2
call up, mobilize, mobilise, rally -- (call to arms; of military personnel)
       => call, send for -- (order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!")

Sense 3
mobilize, mobilise -- (get ready for war)
       => militarize, militarise -- (lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force; "militarize Germany again after the war")

Sense 4
mobilize, mobilise, circulate -- (cause to move around; "circulate a rumor")
       => move, displace -- (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant")

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