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DECLASSIFY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: declassified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lift the restriction on and make available again

Example:

reclassify the documents

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "declassify" is one way to...):

free; release (make (information) available for publication)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue declassify the movie

Antonym:

classify (declare unavailable, as for security reasons)

Derivation:

declassification (reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon)

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