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DECONTROL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: decontrolled    , decontrolling   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relax or remove controls of

Example:

decontrol marijuana

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

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

liberalise; liberalize (make liberal or more liberal, of laws and rules)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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