declassify
pronunciation
How to pronounce declassify in British English:
UK [ˌdi:ˈklæsɪfaɪ]
How to pronounce declassify in American English:
US [diˈklæsəˌfaɪ]
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- Verb:
- lift the restriction on and make available again
Word Origin
- declassify (v.)
- 1865, originally a term in logic; with reference to state secrets, 1946; from de- + classify. Related: Declassification; declassified; declassifying.
Example
- 1. Does the president have the power to declassify information ?
- 2. The president is being pressed by all sides to declassify the report .
- 3. The decision to declassify death toll figures .
- 4. Only in the spring of 1988 did the soviet government declassify information on chornobyl research and cleanup operations .
- 5. He wanted cia to declassify certain files to put the cia in more positive light .