disincorporate
verb (used with object)
to remove from an incorporated state or status.
disincorporation
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a word derived from
disincorporate.
Example Sentences
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Seeing that, Allegheny County executive Rich Fitzgerald has swung behind a new concept: voluntary disincorporation of municipalities, which would shed their local governments and rely on the county for services.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2018
This new tool of disincorporation shifts power back to the people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2015
That "supposedly" a city made Vernon vulnerable to a state legislature effort in 2011 to eradicate the town through the process of disincorporation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2015
You may find Ballard's willingness to imbue the cadaver, during the very act of its disincorporation, with the mortal elements of an individual life … well, disturbing.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 2, 2014
Vallejo, meanwhile, northeast of San Francisco, declared bankruptcy in 2008, and a number of other cities have considered similar actions, including disincorporation.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2011
