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Disestablish

/dɪsɪˈstæblɪʃ/

To deprive (an established church, military squadron, operations base, etc.) of its official status.

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📖 Definitions of "Disestablish"

verb

1
To deprive (an established church, military squadron, operations base, etc.) of its official status.
2
To abolish (an existing position of employment).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Disestablish"

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Word	Definition
repealverb	(transitive) To cancel, invalidate, annul.
abrogateverb	(transitive, law) To annul (as a law, decree, ordinance, etc.) by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or their successor; to repeal.
abolishverb	To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
unestablishverb	To disestablish.
dischurchverb	(transitive) To deprive of status as a church, or of membership in a church.
disempowerverb	To strip power from (someone or some group), as:
unstayverb	(transitive) To expel; expulse; remove; release; rid.
disenthroneverb	To remove (someone) from their position as monarch; to deprive of a position of supremacy.
detrenchverb	To render something that was entrenched less thoroughly established.
uncrownverb	To deprive of the monarchy or other authority or status.
exauthorateverb	(obsolete) To deprive of authority or power
unfound	Not found.
depriveverb	(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
disgradeverb	(transitive) To deprive of rank or status.
descepterverb	To deprive of a scepter; to deprive of the status of monarch or of authority.
unbishopverb	(transitive) To deprive (a clergyman) of episcopal dignity or rights.
disdeifyverb	(transitive) To divest or deprive of deity or of a deific rank or condition.
dethroneverb	To depose; to forcibly relieve a monarch of the monarchy.
unmemberverb	(transitive) To deprive of membership, as for example in a church.
unstate	(transitive) To withdraw (something previously stated); to unsay or retract.