Meaning

1 senses

  1. (US)To cancel funding for.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. There have been calls to defund the police for years now.

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  2. As in other cities, some protesters are calling for the police to be defunded.

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  3. Defund the police.

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Forms

defunds, defunding, defunded, defunded
Base formdefund · to defund
3rd person singulardefunds
Present participledefunding
Past simpledefunded
Past participledefunded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydefund
he, she, itdefunds

Past simpleLesson

all personsdefunded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave defunded
he, she, ithas defunded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill defund

Synonyms

1 synonyms
unfund

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddefunder

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
deftlydefunctdefusedefyB2degas
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