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defederalizing

defederalizing is the present participle and gerund 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 defederalizing

What is defederalizing the present participle and gerund of?
Defederalizing is the present participle and gerund of defederalize.

Words near defederalizing in the dictionary

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

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