decertify

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/diːˈsɜːtɪfaɪ/

Definition of decertify

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To annul the certification of.
    “The American Medical Association (AMA) was formed in 1845 to gain for medical doctors a monopoly on legal licensure as health practitioners. The young AMA waged fierce (and quite successful) battles to de-certify the then-dominant natural healers — a range of herbalists, midwives, and homeopathic doctors.”
    “Nigeria was tagged as a transit-route of drug carriers. This prompted the United States government to decertify the country.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To annul the certification of.
    “The American Medical Association (AMA) was formed in 1845 to gain for medical doctors a monopoly on legal licensure as health practitioners. The young AMA waged fierce (and quite successful) battles to de-certify the then-dominant natural healers — a range of herbalists, midwives, and homeopathic doctors.”
    “Nigeria was tagged as a transit-route of drug carriers. This prompted the United States government to decertify the country.”
  2. (transitive)To annul a labor union.
    “As Sallas immediately said, the 130 scabs who so easily replaced the striking printers in '85 won't be foisted upon the union--to degrade it and possibly decertify it.”

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Etymology

From de- + certify.

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