Deindustrialize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To subject to deindustrialization; to deprive of industry. intransitive, transitive
"Thus, the U.K., the first nation to industrialize, was also the first to deindustrialize."
Example
More examples"Thus, the U.K., the first nation to industrialize, was also the first to deindustrialize."
Etymology
From de- + industrialize.