verb
- discharged from military service
Usage: British informal; past tense and past participle of demob
Examples
- He was demobbed after the war ended in 1945.
- Thousands of soldiers were demobbed and returned to civilian life.
- My grandfather was demobbed from the Royal Navy in 1946.
- The regiment was demobbed following the peace treaty.
- She struggled to find work after being demobbed.
- Many demobbed servicemen received government assistance.