declassify

verb

de·clas·si·fy (ˌ)dē-ˈkla-sə-ˌfī

declassified; declassifying; declassifies

transitive verb

: to remove or reduce the security classification of

declassify a secret document

declassification

(ˌ)dē-ˌkla-sə-fə-ˈkā-shən

noun

Examples of declassify in a Sentence

The government has not yet declassified that information.

Recent Examples on the Web The recording is deeply primal, deeply personal, and never should have been declassified. —

Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 July 2024 About two years ago, Russia declassified footage from the test, which shows a giant mushroom cloud formed in the sky post-detonation. —

Daniel Drainville, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2024 There are 32 separate documents that underlie the charges, and Trump could claim the broad power to declassify records is within a president's official duties. —

Robert Legare, CBS News, 1 July 2024 But the public still does not have access to the information in those briefings, although some lawmakers have pushed to declassify them. —

Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 20 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for declassify

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