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defunds

defunds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of defund.

Meaning of defund

Verb

defund (third-person singular simple present defunds, present participle defunding, simple past and past participle defunded)

  1. (US, transitive) To cancel funding for.
    • Did the Arizona legislators satisfy the principles of deliberation when they decided to defund organ transplants?1996, Amy Gutmann, Dennis Frank Thompson, Democracy and Disagreement
    Synonyms:
    unfund

Questions about defunds

What is defunds the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Defunds is the third-person singular simple present indicative of defund.

Words near defunds in the dictionary

  1. defunded
  2. defunder
  3. defunders
  4. defunding
  5. defundings
  6. defunds
  7. DeFuniak Springs
  8. defunkified
  9. defunkifies
  10. defunkify
  11. defunkifying

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