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单词 declassify
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Definition of declassify in English:

declassify

verbdeclassifying, declassified, declassifies diːˈklasɪfʌɪdiˈklæsəˌfaɪ
[with object]
  • 1Officially declare (information or documents) to be no longer secret.

    government documents were declassified
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The U.S. State Department has just declassified government documents from the mid 1960s.
    • The CIA refuses to declassify the documents involved.
    • Specifically, she noted that Congress does, in fact, have the authority to declassify information.
    • The material was a vital source of intelligence on the Soviet bloc for many years during the Cold War and was only declassified by Nato 10 years ago.
    • Some relevant documents have now been declassified, however.
    • But prior to publication, all documents from the Presidential Archive are declassified, as are documents held in the archives of the former KGB.
    • Teller also proposes that the majority of classified UFO documents should be declassified.
    • Consequently, I have determined that it is in the public interest and the best interest of law enforcement to declassify this information.
    • Though they were declassified in 1998, this is the first time that the documents have been made public.
    • It could be a while before the government declassifies information about its ‘secret ‘underground bases there.
    • The American Freedom of Information Act declassified the trial records.
    • The story was only pieced together when German and New Zealand records were declassified in the early 1980s.
    • Only the president can declassify information.
    • The former Soviet KGB archives that have been recently declassified prove their guilt.
    • Sometimes there are national security documents that won't be declassified for years.
    • Experience shows that commissions require, on average, a year or two to report their results - and even more time to declassify their reports so they can be released for public discussion.
    • Fifty years later, the German government still refuses to declassify its own records on the subject.
    • To some extent, the U.S. has already embarked on this effort by declassifying thousands of pages of official documents.
    • The law requires the State Department to declassify this material, and yet it is failing to do so.
    • Since 1976, the Foreign Ministry has declassified diplomatic documents when they become roughly 30 years old.
  • 2Reassign to a lower classification.

    she called for vigorous research before any moves are made to declassify the drug in Ireland
    Example sentencesExamples
    • First of all, within two weeks I'll tell you whether I declassify the technology.
    • Yet it was only as recently as 1992 that the World Health Organisation officially declassified homosexuality as a mental illness.
    • By declassifying cannabis, it sent out the message that it is OK to take this drug.
    • The US Fish and Wildlife Service will decide next month whether to declassify the bald eagle as a threatened species.
    • The Police Foundation Report by the redoubtable Lady Runciman provided the intellectual credibility for declassifying cannabis.

Derivatives

  • declassification

  • nounˌdiːklasɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌdiˌklæsəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
    • The order amends the previous administration's less restrictive order, which required automatic declassification of most government documents after twenty-five years.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But for seven months, the joint inquiry has been engaged in trench warfare with the Administration over the declassification of this report.
      • The declassification of these documents started with Executive Order No. 11652 signed by President Richard Nixon in 1972.
      • At the same time, the agency reported, the declassification of government records declined from 100 million pages in 2001 to just 28 million in 2004.
      • But the breathtaking extent of his mendacity has only just become fully apparent, with the declassification of a secret State Department telegram.
 
 

Definition of declassify in US English:

declassify

verbdiˈklæsəˌfaɪdēˈklasəˌfī
[with object]
  • Officially declare (information or documents) to be no longer secret.

    government documents were declassified
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The CIA refuses to declassify the documents involved.
    • Some relevant documents have now been declassified, however.
    • Consequently, I have determined that it is in the public interest and the best interest of law enforcement to declassify this information.
    • It could be a while before the government declassifies information about its ‘secret ‘underground bases there.
    • Since 1976, the Foreign Ministry has declassified diplomatic documents when they become roughly 30 years old.
    • But prior to publication, all documents from the Presidential Archive are declassified, as are documents held in the archives of the former KGB.
    • The story was only pieced together when German and New Zealand records were declassified in the early 1980s.
    • The material was a vital source of intelligence on the Soviet bloc for many years during the Cold War and was only declassified by Nato 10 years ago.
    • The U.S. State Department has just declassified government documents from the mid 1960s.
    • Experience shows that commissions require, on average, a year or two to report their results - and even more time to declassify their reports so they can be released for public discussion.
    • The former Soviet KGB archives that have been recently declassified prove their guilt.
    • The American Freedom of Information Act declassified the trial records.
    • To some extent, the U.S. has already embarked on this effort by declassifying thousands of pages of official documents.
    • Fifty years later, the German government still refuses to declassify its own records on the subject.
    • Teller also proposes that the majority of classified UFO documents should be declassified.
    • Though they were declassified in 1998, this is the first time that the documents have been made public.
    • Specifically, she noted that Congress does, in fact, have the authority to declassify information.
    • Only the president can declassify information.
    • Sometimes there are national security documents that won't be declassified for years.
    • The law requires the State Department to declassify this material, and yet it is failing to do so.
 
 
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