demonetize
verb (used with object)
to divest (a monetary standard or the like) of value.
demonetized
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past participleof demonetize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof demonetize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
demonetizeverb (used with object)to divest (a monetary standard or the like) of value.
Example Sentences
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X did not respond when AFP asked how many accounts it had demonetized since Bier's announcement.
From Barron's ● Mar. 15, 2026
However, despite the lawsuit and Rockelle’s YouTube account being demonetized as a result of the allegations, Smith and Rockelle are still producing content.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
For instance, starting in 2017, some LGBTQ+ YouTubers said they found their videos were hidden or demonetized when their titles included words such as “transgender.”
From Scientific American ● Sep. 7, 2023
In November, Mr. Musk said Twitter’s policy was to allow freedom of speech but not “freedom of reach,” and he noted that negative and hateful tweets would be deboosted and demonetized.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
This is the act that demonetized the silver dollar, which it did by merely omitting that coin from the enumeration of the coins of the United States.
From Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 by John P. (John Percival) Jones
