deregulate
verb (used with object)
to remove government regulatory controls from (an industry, a commodity, etc.).
had deregulated
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past perfectof deregulate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Department of Agriculture had deregulated Monsanto's variety of genetically modified sugar beets without adequate environmental study.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 14, 2010
