deregulate
[dee-reg-yuh-leyt]
verb (used with object), de·reg·u·lat·ed, de·reg·u·lat·ing.
to remove government regulatory controls from (an industry, a commodity, etc.): to deregulate the trucking industry; to deregulate oil prices.
verb (used without object), de·reg·u·lat·ed, de·reg·u·lat·ing.
to undergo deregulation: Some banks have already started to deregulate.
Origin of deregulate
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Related Words for deregulation
isolationism, noninterference, liberalism, nonintervention, laissez-faireExamples from the Web for deregulation
Contemporary Examples of deregulation
Conservatives get nowhere by demanding “deregulation,” because liberals are correct that most Americans want clean water.
The money crowd got all the deregulation it could realistically hope for.
Under Bill Clinton, he was for consolidation and deregulation.
He was in the Clinton administration in the 1990s and was an advocate for deregulation.
Later, GOP-led deregulation nearly destroyed the global economy.
deregulate
verb
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