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defederalized

defederalized is the simple past and past participle of defederalize.

Meaning of defederalize

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

Questions about defederalized

What is defederalized the simple past and past participle of?
Defederalized is the simple past and past participle of defederalize.

Words near defederalized in the dictionary

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

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