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defund
[ dee-fuhnd ]
verb (used with object)
- to withdraw financial support from, especially as an instrument of legislative control:
Many university programs were defunded by the recent government cutbacks.
- to deplete the financial resources of:
The cost of the lawsuit defunded the company's operating budget.
Example Sentences
The White House has moved aggressively to wrest control of spending from Congress, unilaterally defunding programmes and entire agencies.
These have included shuttering government agencies, defunding programmes and mass layoffs:
By censoring or defunding work that mentions sex as a biological variable, research on pretty much all cell biology relevant to human health is now at risk.
Love said that by rejecting public health and defunding the scientific research that is its foundation, 鈥渨e are all going to become less safe, less healthy, and less secure.鈥
鈥淚f we start cutting Medicaid 鈥 and defunding all these programs, that is a recipe for disaster when it comes to disabled people being able to access this sort of basic health care.鈥
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