disestablish
verb (used with object)
to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
were disestablishing
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past progressiveof disestablish.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He realized the absurdity of the Irish Church as it then stood; but, true to his critical character, he rebuked the "Liberal Practitioners" for the spirit in which they were disestablishing and disendowing it.
From Matthew Arnold by George William Erskine Russell
