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decontrolling

decontrolling is the present participle and gerund of decontrol.

Meaning of decontrol

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

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Questions about decontrolling

What is decontrolling the present participle and gerund of?
Decontrolling is the present participle and gerund of decontrol.

Words near decontrolling in the dictionary

  1. decontracts
  2. decontrol
  3. decontroled
  4. decontroling
  5. decontrolled
  6. decontrolling
  7. decontrols
  8. deconvergence
  9. deconversion
  10. deconversions
  11. deconvert

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decontrolling (page history and authors); decontrol (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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