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verb · intransitive

decruit

decruit · decruits · decruited · decruiting

To reduce the workforceTo reduce the workforce; to make (an employee) redundant.

Meaning

1 senses

(euphemistic)To reduce the workforce; to make (an employee) redundant.

Origin

From de- + recruit.

From de- + recruit.

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Forms

decruits, decruiting, decruited, decruited

Base form	decruit · to decruit
3rd person singular	decruits
Present participle	decruiting
Past simple	decruited
Past participle	decruited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	decruit
he, she, it	decruits

Past simpleLesson

all persons

decruited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have decruited
he, she, it	has decruited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will decruit

Synonyms

3 synonyms

dehire let go unhire

Word family

1 related words

Relateddecruitment

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

decree decrepit decriminalize decry decrypt dedicateB1

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