de-electrify

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From de- +‎ electrify.

Verb[edit]

de-electrify (third-person singular simple present de-electrifies, present participle de-electrifying, simple past and past participle de-electrified)

  1. (rail transport) To remove the electrification for powering electric trains from a railway.
    • 2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 32:
      It formed part of the LNER's electrified North Tyneside system until it was de-electrified by BR in 1963.
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