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de-electrifying

de-electrifying is the present participle and gerund 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-electrifying

What is de-electrifying the present participle and gerund of?
De-electrifying is the present participle and gerund of de-electrify.

Words near de-electrifying in the dictionary

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

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