deregulate

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de- +‎ regulate

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deregulate (third-person singular simple present deregulates, present participle deregulating, simple past and past participle deregulated)

  1. (transitive) To remove the regulations, or legal restrictions, from.
    Coordinate terms: overregulate, underregulate

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