decertify
verb
de·cer·ti·fy
(ˌ)dē-ˈsər-tə-ˌfī 
decertified; decertifying; decertifies
: to withdraw or revoke the certification of
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For the first time since 1997, the U.S. administration declared in September that Colombia was falling short in the war on drugs, and started the process to decertify Bogotá as a drug-control partner.
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Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2025
The appeals court ordered the county to decertify the whole environmental report in 2022.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2025
As Sportico recently explained, the players could also decertify or disclaim interest, meaning the WNBPA would no longer serve as their exclusive bargaining representative.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
But Daniels urged controllers to be professional — and pleaded with them not to engage in any kind of coordinated job action, because that could prompt the Trump administration to try to decertify the union.
—Joel Rose, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
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Whitney Eulich, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Nov. 2025
The appeals court ordered the county to decertify the whole environmental report in 2022.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2025
As Sportico recently explained, the players could also decertify or disclaim interest, meaning the WNBPA would no longer serve as their exclusive bargaining representative.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
But Daniels urged controllers to be professional — and pleaded with them not to engage in any kind of coordinated job action, because that could prompt the Trump administration to try to decertify the union.
—Joel Rose, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
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decertify
transitive verb
de·cer·ti·fy
dē-ˈsər-tə-ˌfī
decertified; decertifying
: to withdraw or revoke the certification of
decertified the class action suit
especially
: to withdraw the certification of (a labor union) as a collective bargaining agent
petitions to decertify the union
Note: The National Labor Relations Board will decertify a union after an election in which the majority of members do not support the union or after participation in an illegal strike.
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