declassify
Americanverb (used with object)
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declassifies,
present (3rd person singular)
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declassified,
past participle, past
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declassifying
present participle
verb
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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declassifysimple
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declassifiessimple
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have declassifiedperfect
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has declassifiedperfect
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am declassifyingprogressive
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are declassifyingprogressive
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is declassifyingprogressive
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have been declassifyingperfect progressive
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has been declassifyingperfect progressive
Past
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declassifiedsimple
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had declassifiedperfect
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was declassifyingprogressive
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were declassifyingprogressive
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had been declassifyingperfect progressive
Future
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Origin of declassify
Vocabulary lists containing declassify
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Wilson wants the board to declassify immediately so all directors are elected annually.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
Wilson has also submitted a proposal that calls for the board to immediately declassify, so that all directors are elected annually by shareholders.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025
Donald Trump said he would order his administration to declassify secret government records related to the 1937 disappearance of the US aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday which he says would declassify federal records surrounding the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2025
Certainly they still have it classified; staff-brass'd rather lose an eye than declassify anything.
From Graveyard of Dreams by H. Beam Piper
The panel also used its ruling to offer a public primer on how the government classifies and declassifies government secrets, and why that process is important.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2022
Britain rarely declassifies intelligence in this manner, unlike the United States, though it has done so before on issues involving Russia.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2022
Family members of the victims of the 11 September 2001 terror attacks have called on President Joe Biden to stay away from memorial events unless he declassifies files about the attacks.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2021
The Spanish government on Tuesday declassified intelligence reports about July's migrant surge into Ceuta in a bid to quell doubts about what it knew beforehand and Morocco's potential role.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
For years, the families campaigned for the FBI's investigation to be declassified.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The White House last week declassified a Federal Bureau of Investigation intelligence report from August 2020 that was based on a “collaborative source.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
But this time around, it’s not about the declassified information, or even the aliens themselves; it’s about our collective reaction to a global reckoning.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
Before I start with the declassified math exam, I check if Amu has sent answers to my questions.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Wilson proposed declassifying the board for annual elections and a Brand Product Committee, the latter of which was rejected.
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
"They keep declassifying things and more seems to bubble up. It's remarkable."
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024
Meadows told prosecutors he had no recollection of what Trump described as a "standing order" automatically declassifying documents he took from the Oval Office, multiple sources told the outlet.
From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2023
The request comes as lawmakers in the upper and lower chambers warm to the idea of declassifying government documents related to unidentified anomalous phenomenon, or UAPs, more commonly called UFOs.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
“There’s not a good process for declassifying them,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
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