transitive verb
-·trolled′, -·trol′ling to free from controls
withdrawal of controls
decontrol
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decontrol
transitive verb
de·con·trolled, de·con·trol·ling, de·con·trolsTo stop control of, especially by the government: decontrolled oil and natural gas prices.
Related Forms:
- de′con·trol′
noun
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present decontrols, present participle decontrolling or decontroling, simple past and past participle decontrolled or decontroled)
- to remove controls
Noun
(plural decontrols)
- the removal of controls
Origin
de- + control
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