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de⋅fund

  [dee-fuhnd]
Use defund in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to deplete the financial resources of: The cost of the lawsuit defunded the company's operating budget.
2. to withdraw financial support from: Many university programs were defunded by the recent government cutbacks.
Origin:
de- + fund
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de·fund   (dē-fŭnd')   
tr.v.   de·fund·ed, de·fund·ing, de·funds
To stop the flow of funds to: "Some days, they wake up with a burning desire to defund the Public Broadcasting System and the National Endowment for the Arts" (Joe Conason).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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