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Verb: decentralise  dee'sen-tru,lIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: decentralize)
  1. Make less central
    "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralised";
    - decentralize, deconcentrate

Derived forms: decentralising, decentralises, decentralised

Type of: alter, change, modify

Antonym: centralize

Encyclopedia: Decentralise