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phoenixed

phoenixed is the simple past and past participle of phoenix.

Meaning of phoenix

Verb

phoenix (third-person singular simple present phoenixes, present participle phoenixing, simple past and past participle phoenixed)

  1. (Australia) To transfer assets from one company to another to dodge liability
    • Australian Restructuring Insolvency and Turnaround Association CEO John Winter said phoenixing has been "endemic" for decades.2019 December 17, Noel Gladstone, Carrie Fellner, “Small business flattened by 'dodgy' builders in phoenixing epidemic”, in The Sydney Morning Herald

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Questions about phoenixed

What is phoenixed the simple past and past participle of?
Phoenixed is the simple past and past participle of phoenix.

Words near phoenixed in the dictionary

  1. Phoenix Islands
  2. Phoenix Lake
  3. phoenix palm
  4. phoenix palms
  5. Phoenix Park
  6. phoenixed
  7. phoenixes
  8. phoenixing
  9. phoenixings
  10. phoenixism
  11. phoenixity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: phoenixed (page history and authors); phoenix (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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