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de-electrified

de-electrified is the simple past and past participle of de-electrify.

Meaning of de-electrify

Verb

de-electrify (third-person singular simple present de-electrifies, present participle de-electrifying, simple past and past participle de-electrified)

  1. To remove the electrification for powering electric trains from a railway.
    • It formed part of the LNER's electrified North Tyneside system until it was de-electrified by BR in 1963.2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 32

Questions about de-electrified

What is de-electrified the simple past and past participle of?
De-electrified is the simple past and past participle of de-electrify.

Words near de-electrified in the dictionary

  1. de-drags
  2. de-dupe
  3. de-duped
  4. de-dupes
  5. de-duping
  6. de-electrified
  7. de-electrifies
  8. de-electrify
  9. de-electrifying
  10. de-embed
  11. de-embedded

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