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de-monopolize, v.|diːməˈnɒpəlaɪz|
[f. de- II. 1 + monopolize.]
trans. To destroy the monopoly of, withdraw from monopoly.
1878H. A. Webster in Encycl. Brit. VI. 154/1 Since the expiry of the contract the mines [of Colombia] have been demonopolized.
Add: Hence ˌdemonopoliˈzation n., the policy or process of demonopolizing.
1973M. Foot Aneurin Bevan II. v. 231 The Foreign Office doubtless believed they must act in collaboration with the Americans who preferred a policy of trust-breaking or ‘demonopolization’. 1981Daily Tel. 26 Oct. 16 This I shall myself begin to believe..when Dr Owen welcomes measures of industrial privatisation and demonopolisation. |