1-Stop Dictionary Reference

Deregulate

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Lexulous
Wordscraper
Wordosaur

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To free from regulation, especially to remove government regulations from: deregulate the airline industry.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To remove the regulations from.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. lift the regulations on

Word Usage

"Second of all, deregulate -- in other words, get government snoopers out of the picture, which only lets the swindlers hide their losses for a while, until the truth becomes too plain and we the taxpayers foot the bill."

Verb Form

deregulated deregulates deregulating

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

relieve exempt free