disestablish

verb

disestablished; disestablishing; disestablishes

transitive verb

: to deprive of an established status
especially : to deprive of the status and privileges of an established church

Examples of disestablish in a Sentence

efforts to disestablish the Church of England
Recent Examples on the Web
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The court determined that tribal nations still have sovereignty over historic reservations if they were never formally disestablished by Congress. Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2024 But the assertion that bigger brains make for a smarter species may have been disestablished now that scientists have made a harrowing journey into the Rising Star cave and discovered that the species -- which lived about 335,000 to 236,000 years ago -- buried its dead and marked the graves. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 June 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of disestablish was in 1598

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“Disestablish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disestablish. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.

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