deregulateverb [ T ]
uk/ˌdiːˈreɡ.jə.leɪt/us/ˌdiːˈreɡ.jə.leɪt/to remove national or local government controls or rules from a business or other activity:
The government plans to deregulate the banking industry/the bus system.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Liberating, relaxing and releasing
- chillax
- decontrol
- emancipate
- exempt
- free
- get
- get (sb/sth) out
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- loosen (sb) up
- loosen sb's tongue idiom 1
- loosen sb's tongue
- relax your grip/hold idiom
- release
- unbind
- unconfined
- unhand
- untethered
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deregulation
noun [ U ] uk/ˌdiː.reɡ.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdiː.reɡ.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
the deregulation of the financial markets