deconstitutionalize

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

de- +‎ constitutionalize

Verb[edit]

deconstitutionalize (third-person singular simple present deconstitutionalizes, present participle deconstitutionalizing, simple past and past participle deconstitutionalized)

  1. (transitive) To remove from a constitution.
    a campaign to deconstitutionalize gun control

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