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defederalize

defederalize verb: to remove from federal government.

Verb

defederalize (third-person singular simple present defederalizes, present participle defederalizing, simple past and past participle defederalized)

  1. (transitive) To remove from federal government.
    • The Reagan strategy to defederalize American health care consisted of three general lines of attack that, if fully accepted and implemented, would indeed have shriveled the involvement of the central government in the system.1989, Ray C. Rist, Policy Issues for The 1990's, page 126

Forms of defederalize

third-person singular presentdefederalizes
present participledefederalizing
past participledefederalized
pastdefederalized

Origin of defederalize

From de- + federalize.

Questions about defederalize

What does defederalize mean?
Defederalize means to remove from federal government.
What part of speech is defederalize?
Defederalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of defederalize?
The past tense of defederalize is defederalized.

Words near defederalize in the dictionary

  1. defed
  2. defedation
  3. defedations
  4. defeded
  5. defederalization
  6. defederalize
  7. defederalized
  8. defederalizes
  9. defederalizing
  10. defederate
  11. defederated

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