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de-electrify

de-electrify verb: to remove the electrification for powering electric trains from a railway.

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

Forms of de-electrify

third-person singular presentde-electrifies
present participlede-electrifying
past participlede-electrified
pastde-electrified

Origin of de-electrify

From de- + electrify.

Questions about de-electrify

What does de-electrify mean?
De-electrify means to remove the electrification for powering electric trains from a railway.
What part of speech is de-electrify?
De-electrify is a verb.
What is the past tense of de-electrify?
The past tense of de-electrify is de-electrified.

Words near de-electrify in the dictionary

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

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