declassify
verb
de·clas·si·fy
(ˌ)dē-ˈkla-sə-ˌfī 
declassified; declassifying; declassifies
: to remove or reduce the security classification of
declassify a secret document
Examples of declassify in a Sentence
The government has not yet declassified that information.
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Intelligence leaders have become recognizable public figures, and intelligence judgments on current issues are often quickly declassified.
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Joshua Rovner, The Conversation, 2 July 2025
This photo declassified and released by the Israel Defense Forces in March 2018 shows what was believed to be a nuclear reactor site destroyed by Israel during a September 2007 raid in Deir Ezzor, Syria.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Some of these orders—declassifying documents related to the J.F.K. assassination, declaring English the country’s official language—have been divisive but have not obviously exceeded the President’s legal authority.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Between 2021 and July 2023, Biden declassified more than 16,000 documents related to the assassination.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
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Joshua Rovner, The Conversation, 2 July 2025
This photo declassified and released by the Israel Defense Forces in March 2018 shows what was believed to be a nuclear reactor site destroyed by Israel during a September 2007 raid in Deir Ezzor, Syria.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Some of these orders—declassifying documents related to the J.F.K. assassination, declaring English the country’s official language—have been divisive but have not obviously exceeded the President’s legal authority.
—Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Between 2021 and July 2023, Biden declassified more than 16,000 documents related to the assassination.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Declassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/declassify. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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