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Slowly Pay Off Armies To Disband

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99%8Exact Match!
verb

• liquidate gradually

31%14 Effort to disband Nazi paramilitary groups
noun

• social process of removing Nazis from official positions and giving up any allegiance to Nazism

31%10Disband an army or militia
verb

• release from military service or remove from the active list of military service

• retire from military service

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