Synonyms of defund

defund

verb

as in to disendow

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disendow
• receive
• subsist
• draw

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fund
• finance
• establish
• subsidize
• found
• organize
• contribute
• support
• endow
• subscribe
• donate
• underwrite
• bequeath

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of defund

Pending the outcome of a legal motion filed this month by an employee union, the administration has agreed not to fire more personnel, alter or remove data or defund the agency. —Douglas Gillison, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025

The big picture: There are few such requirements left, but the move echoes a campaign pledge to defund schools with vaccine mandates and comes a day after noted vaccine critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as HHS secretary. —Adriel Bettelheim, Axios, 14 Feb. 2025

Separately, a group of transgender plaintiffs led by advocacy organizations and the American Civil Liberties Union sued to block Mr. Trump’s order to defund gender-transition treatments for people under the age of 19. —Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025

Syndication advocates pressed Congress to defund the IRS crackdown. —Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 18 Feb. 2025