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decontrol

UK/diːkənˈtɹəʊɫ/

decontrol verb: to remove controls.

Verb

decontrol (third-person singular simple present decontrols, present participle decontrolling, simple past and past participle decontrolled)

  1. (transitive) To remove controls.
    • When President Reagan decontrolled crude oil, gasoline, and home-heating oil, he did so without formal counsel from Congress and the public.1981 March 19, David L. Greenberg and Ames K. Lower, “CRUDE DECONTROL BY REAGAN”, in The New York Times
    • Even the normal income tax on decontrolled higher-priced, gas could run into the tens of billions of dollars.1982 January 10, Douglas Martin, “Decontrolling Natural Gas”, in The New York Times

Noun

decontrol (countable and uncountable, plural decontrols)

  1. The removal of controls.
    • The shortfall caused by the disruption in Iran amounted to only 5 percent of our normal imports. Despite this limited cutback, the oil industry seized upon the Iranian situation as its “Gulf of Tonkin” to justify its campaign, which your editorial now supports, for decontrols, higher prices and...1979 September 5, “Letters”, in The New York Times
    • The Administration's accelerated decontrol program also comes at great expense to consumers. It provides an immediate 1 percent increase in inflation, and by the end of fiscal 1981 it will have added $11.7 billion to the price of oil products.1981 March 19, David L. Greenberg and Ames K. Lower, “CRUDE DECONTROL BY REAGAN”, in The New York Times

decontrol meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Tagalog

decontrol in Tamil

அணி செய்தல், அழகு செய்தல், கட்டுப்பாடு நீக்கு, அகற்ற

decontrol in Kannada

ವಿನಿಯಂತ್ರಣ, ಅಂಕೆ ತೆಗೆ, ವಿನಿಯಂತ್ರಿಸು

decontrol in Tagalog

the removal of controls
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Forms of decontrol

Verb
third-person singular presentdecontrols
present participledecontrolling
past participledecontrolled
pastdecontrolled
Noun
pluraldecontrols

Origin of decontrol

From de- + control.

Words that rhyme with decontrol

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Questions about decontrol

What does decontrol mean?
Decontrol means to remove controls.
What is decontrol in Tamil?
Decontrol in Tamil is அணி செய்தல், அழகு செய்தல், கட்டுப்பாடு நீக்கு. See Decontrol meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is decontrol?
Decontrol can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce decontrol?
Decontrol is pronounced /diːkənˈtɹəʊɫ/ (UK).
What is the past tense of decontrol?
The past tense of decontrol is decontrolled.

Words near decontrol in the dictionary

  1. decontracted
  2. decontracting
  3. decontraction
  4. decontractions
  5. decontracts
  6. decontrol
  7. decontroled
  8. decontroling
  9. decontrolled
  10. decontrolling
  11. decontrols

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decontrol (page history and authors); decontrol (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); decontrol (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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