"declassify" meaning in All languages combined

See declassify on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /diːˈklæsɪfaɪ/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-declassify.wav Forms: declassifies [present, singular, third-person], declassifying [participle, present], declassified [participle, past], declassified [past]
Etymology: From de- + classify. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|classify}} de- + classify Head templates: {{en-verb}} declassify (third-person singular simple present declassifies, present participle declassifying, simple past and past participle declassified)
  1. to remove the classification from; to lift the restrictions on Derived forms: declassifiable Translations (remove the classification from; lift the restrictions on): рассакрэ́чваць (rassakréčvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), рассакрэ́ціць (rassakrécicʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), desclassificar (Catalan), odtajnit (Czech), malsekretigi (Esperanto), poistaa salaisuusluokitus (Finnish), freigeben (German), desecretare (Italian), odtajniać [imperfective] (Polish), odtajnić [perfective] (Polish), рассекре́чивать (rassekréčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), рассекре́тить (rassekrétitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), desclasificar (Spanish), avhemliga (Swedish), lyfta hemligstämpel [common-gender] (Swedish), розсекре́чувати (rozsekréčuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розсекре́тити (rozsekrétyty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), giải mật (Vietnamese), digelu (Welsh)

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