Definition of defund
: to withdraw funding from
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Congress, controlled by Democrats, voted to defund ACORN rather than defend it.
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The White House also tried to defund four NASA Earth-observing missions, and lower the overall Earth Sciences budget, but Congress included funding for the missions in the national spending bill.
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Both have also voted for unsuccessful legislation to defund Planned Parenthood.
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The roads are in bad enough shape — does defunding their maintenance even more help traffic?
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The Harford County Council approved the county’s fiscal 2019 capital and operating budgets Tuesday night, after rejecting an amendment that would defund the county’s agricultural preservation program.
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Cruz has made Obamacare opposition a signature issue, even forcing a government shutdown in 2013 over defunding it.
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The Louisiana Appellate Project would also likely be defunded.
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In another unusual move for teachers—but one that seems to have paid off—the union focused on specific businesses located in their city and state, challenging their spending on lobbying for tax cuts that defund the schools.
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First Known Use of defund
1948
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