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  • verb To remove an official status from something, by publishing the fact in an official gazette

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de- +‎ gazette

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Examples

  • Consequently, the move being taken by the Ministry of Water and Environment to degazette 15 urban forests is misconceived and short-sighted.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2009

  • According to the National Forestry Authority (NFA), there is serious pressure to degazette the urban forests due to growing urban population and increased socio-economic activities.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2009

  • True, the Government has increasingly come under pressure to degazette, not only the forest reserves in the urban areas, but also others in densely populated areas.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2009

  • Consequently, the move being taken by the Ministry of Water and Environment to degazette 15 urban forests is misconceived and short-sighted.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2009

  • True, the Government has increasingly come under pressure to degazette, not only the forest reserves in the urban areas, but also others in densely populated areas.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2009

  • According to the National Forestry Authority (NFA), there is serious pressure to degazette the urban forests due to growing urban population and increased socio-economic activities.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2009

  • According to the National Forestry Authority (NFA), there is serious pressure to degazette the urban forests due to growing urban population and increased socio-economic activities.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2009

  • True, the Government has increasingly come under pressure to degazette, not only the forest reserves in the urban areas, but also others in densely populated areas.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2009

  • Consequently, the move being taken by the Ministry of Water and Environment to degazette 15 urban forests is misconceived and short-sighted.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2009

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  • v. To remove an official status from something, by publishing the fact in an official gazette.

    That's it? That's all one has to do? I hereby degazette you!

    July 18, 2015