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declassifying

declassifying is the present participle and gerund of declassify.

Meaning of declassify

Verb

declassify (third-person singular simple present declassifies, present participle declassifying, simple past and past participle declassified)

  1. to remove the classification from; to lift the restrictions on
    • Trump: This was done by the military and given to me. Uh, I think we can probably, right? / Staffer: I don't know, well, we'll have to see. Yeah, we'll have to try to- / Trump: Declassify it. / Staffer: -figure out a- yeah. / Trump: See as president I could have declassified it. Now I can't, you...2023 June 27 [2021], Donald Trump, 02:18 from the start, in ‘This is secret information’: Hear exclusive audio of Trump discussing classified documents, CNN, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2023

Questions about declassifying

What is declassifying the present participle and gerund of?
Declassifying is the present participle and gerund of declassify.

Words near declassifying in the dictionary

  1. declassified
  2. declassifier
  3. declassifiers
  4. declassifies
  5. declassify
  6. declassifying
  7. declassing
  8. declaw
  9. declawed
  10. declawing
  11. declawings

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