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decitizenizing

decitizenizing is the present participle and gerund of decitizenize.

Meaning of decitizenize

Verb

decitizenize (third-person singular simple present decitizenizes, present participle decitizenizing, simple past and past participle decitizenized)

  1. (transitive) To strip of citizenship.
    • We have no law — as the French have — to decitizenize a citizen.1863, Edward Bates, On Citizenship

Questions about decitizenizing

What is decitizenizing the present participle and gerund of?
Decitizenizing is the present participle and gerund of decitizenize.

Words near decitizenizing in the dictionary

  1. decitizenises
  2. decitizenising
  3. decitizenize
  4. decitizenized
  5. decitizenizes
  6. decitizenizing
  7. decivilisation
  8. decivilise
  9. decivilised
  10. decivilises
  11. decivilising

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