decertify
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /diːˈsɜːtɪfaɪ/
Verb
decertify (third-person singular simple present decertifies, present participle decertifying, simple past and past participle decertified)
- (transitive) To annul the certification of.
- 1989 August 19, Bob Lederer, “Hiding Behind HIV”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 6, page 8:
- The American Medical Association (AMA) was formed in 1845 to gain for medical doctors a monopoly on legal licensure as health practitioners. The young AMA waged fierce (and quite successful) battles to de-certify the then-dominant natural healers — a range of herbalists, midwives, and homeopathic doctors.
- 2003, Patrick Keku, Tunde Akingbade, Traveler's Guide to Living in Nigeria: Security and Travel Tips:
- Nigeria was tagged as a transit-route of drug carriers. This prompted the United States government to decertify the country.
- (transitive, industrial relations) To annul a labor union.
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