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    DESTALINISE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Counteract the effects and policies of Stalinismplay

    Example:

    Russia was slowly destalinized in the late 1950's

    Synonyms:

    destalinise; destalinize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

    transform; transmute; transubstantiate (change or alter in form, appearance, or nature)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Derivation:

    destalinisation (social process of neutralizing the influence of Joseph Stalin by revising his policies and removing monuments dedicated to him and renaming places named in his honor)

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