Deoccupy

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To remove an occupation from (a place).

    "Estonia and Latvia also had more radical nationalist groups, known as Citizens Congresses, which advocated “deoccupying” the region by sending Russian migrants and their families back to Russia. Support for the Soviet regime was[…]"

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"Estonia and Latvia also had more radical nationalist groups, known as Citizens Congresses, which advocated “deoccupying” the region by sending Russian migrants and their families back to Russia. Support for the Soviet regime was[…]"

Etymology

From de- + occupy.

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