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Verb: deregulate  dee're-gyu,leyt
  1. Lift the regulations on
    "The first effort to deregulate television occurred in the mid 1970's"

Derived forms: deregulated, deregulates, deregulating

Type of: exempt, free, relieve

Antonym: regularise [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Deregulate