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defederalizes

defederalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 defederalizes

What is defederalizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Defederalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of defederalize.

Words near defederalizes in the dictionary

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

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