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deurbanise

deurbanise is the alternative form of deurbanize.

Meaning of deurbanize

Verb

deurbanize (third-person singular simple present deurbanizes, present participle deurbanizing, simple past and past participle deurbanized)

  1. To make (a region) less urban.

Forms of deurbanise

third-person singular presentdeurbanises
present participledeurbanising
past participledeurbanised
pastdeurbanised

Origin of deurbanise

From de- + urbanise.

Questions about deurbanise

What is deurbanise the alternative form of?
Deurbanise is the alternative form of deurbanize.

Words near deurbanise in the dictionary

  1. deunited
  2. deunites
  3. deuniting
  4. deuotion
  5. deuotions
  6. deurbanise
  7. deurbanised
  8. deurbanization
  9. deurbanizations
  10. deurbanize
  11. deurbanized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deurbanise (page history and authors); deurbanize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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