Deplanetize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To declare something to not become a planet anymore.

    "Pluto was deplanetized in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union when it was downgraded to a dwarf planet."

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"Pluto was deplanetized in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union when it was downgraded to a dwarf planet."

Etymology

From de- + planet + -ize.

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