declassifyverb [ T ]
uk/ˌdiːˈklæs.ɪ.faɪ/us/ˌdiːˈklæs.ə.faɪ/to say officially that political or military information is no longer secret:
Many government documents are declassified after 50 years.
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Revealing secrets & becoming known
- (the) word is/gets out idiom
- bare
- be the talk of the town idiom
- break cover idiom
- cat
- dob sb in
- fink
- get around (somewhere)
- give sth away
- King's evidence
- leak
- let the cat out of the bag idiom
- open your heart to someone idiom
- sneak
- spill the beans idiom
- take the wraps off sth idiom
- tell on sb
- tongues wagging idiom
- turn
- unmask
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declassification
noun [ U ] uk/ˌdiː.klæs.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdiː.klæs.ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/