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decontrol

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de⋅con⋅trol

  [dee-kuhn-trohl] verb, -trolled, -trol⋅ling, noun
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–verb (used with object)
1. to remove controls, esp. government or other official controls, from: to decontrol prices or rents.
–noun
2. the removal of control.
Origin:
1915–20; de- + control
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de·con·trol   (dē'kən-trōl')   
tr.v.   de·con·trolled, de·con·trol·ling, de·con·trols
To stop control of, especially by the government: decontrolled oil and natural-gas prices.
de'con·trol' n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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