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单词 declassify
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declassify

[ dee-klas-uh-fahy ]
/ diˈklæs əˌfaɪ /
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verb (used with object), de·clas·si·fied, de·clas·si·fy·ing.

to remove the classification from (information, a document, etc.) that restricts access in terms of secrecy, confidentiality, etc.Compare classification (def. 5).

Origin of declassify

First recorded in 1860–65; de- + classify

OTHER WORDS FROM declassify

de·clas·si·fi·a·ble, adjectivede·clas·si·fi·ca·tion [dee-klas-uh-fi-key-shuhn], /diˌklæs ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/, noun

Words nearby declassify

declared, declarer, declare war on, declass, déclassé, declassify, declension, declensional, declinable, declinate, declination
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Example sentences from the Web for declassify

  • These experts lobbied to declassify many more than the handful that have thus far been released.

    ‘Over My Dead Body’: Spies Fight Obama Push to Downsize Terror War|Eli Lake|May 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
  • Let us take the former vice president up on his demand for documents and declassify them all.

    Dick Cheney's Torture Hypocrisy|Joseph C. Wilson IV|April 26, 2009|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for declassify

declassify
/ (diːˈklæsɪˌfaɪ) /

verb -fies, -fying or -fied

(tr) to release (a document or information) from the security list

Derived forms of declassify

declassifiable, adjectivedeclassification, noun
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