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declassify

[ dee-klas-uh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

, de·clas·si·fied, de·clas·si·fy·ing.
  1. to remove the classification from (information, a document, etc.) that restricts access in terms of secrecy, confidentiality, etc. Compare classification ( def 5 ).


declassify

/ diːˈklæsɪˌfaɪ /

verb

  1. tr to release (a document or information) from the security list


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Derived Forms

  • deˌclassifiˈcation, noun
  • deˈclassiˌfiable, adjective

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Other Words From

  • de·classi·fia·ble adjective
  • de·clas·si·fi·ca·tion [dee-klas-, uh, -fi-, key, -sh, uh, n], noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of declassify1

First recorded in 1860–65; de- + classify

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Example Sentences

Forty-seven years later, the Air Force declassified the documents.

A declassified internal OSS assignment from 1946 stated that Eugene Fodor would now have the title “Intelligence Officer.”

As reported by Breaking Defense, Hyten had hoped to use the 2021 Space Symposium conference to declassify a secret space weapon program.

New details are emerging all the time, as declassified files come to light and remaining survivors come forward to share their memories—and their secrets.

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Wray promised lawmakers a declassified threat assessment about QAnon would soon be released to the public.

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These experts lobbied to declassify many more than the handful that have thus far been released.

On Friday, the White House said it would like to declassify portions of the 6,300-page document.

Let us take the former vice president up on his demand for documents and declassify them all.

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