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decontrol

de·con·trol

decontrol

 
pronunciation:
di kn trol
parts of speech:
transitive verb, noun
features:
Word Combinations (verb)
part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: decontrols, decontrolling, decontrolled
definition: to eliminate control over (something), esp. government control; deregulate.
After the war, wages were decontrolled.
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part of speech: noun
definition: the act of freeing from control or condition of being freed from control.