defund
defund · defunds · defunded · defunding
To cancel funding forTo cancel funding for.
/diːˈfʌnd/
» There have been calls to defund the police for years now.
DJ_Saidez · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(US)To cancel funding for.
Examples
3 sentencesThere have been calls to defund the police for years now.
As in other cities, some protesters are calling for the police to be defunded.
Defund the police.
Forms
defunds, defunding, defunded, defundedSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsDeriveddefunder
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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.