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demonopolize

demonopolize verb: to break up (a monopoly), sometimes by privatizing a previously nationalized industry.

Verb

demonopolize (third-person singular simple present demonopolizes, present participle demonopolizing, simple past and past participle demonopolized)

  1. (transitive) To break up (a monopoly), sometimes by privatizing a previously nationalized industry.

Forms of demonopolize

third-person singular presentdemonopolizes
present participledemonopolizing
past participledemonopolized
pastdemonopolized

Origin of demonopolize

From de- + monopolize.

Questions about demonopolize

What does demonopolize mean?
Demonopolize means to break up (a monopoly), sometimes by privatizing a previously nationalized industry.
What part of speech is demonopolize?
Demonopolize is a verb.
What is the past tense of demonopolize?
The past tense of demonopolize is demonopolized.

Words near demonopolize in the dictionary

  1. demonomy
  2. demonopathy
  3. demonophobia
  4. demonopolization
  5. demonopolizations
  6. demonopolize
  7. demonopolized
  8. demonopolizes
  9. demonopolizing
  10. Demonrat
  11. Demonrats

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