Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having a security classification removed so as to be open to public inspection; -- of documents or information.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
declassify .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having had security classification removed
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Examples
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Is it so G-damn hard to see tha the point is not that he has the “authority” to declassify … it’s that he frickin declassified on a NOC operative from the CIA, PURPOSELY, to out her for political gain … That is treason, pure and simple you morons!
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I thought … but not sure … that Senator Levin declassified the paragraphs released …. that’s what I thought he said over the weekend talk shows.
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I know Fox New reported that the NIE was declassified, which is not true at the time to the leak.
Think Progress » White House Responds To Criticism of Bush’s Leak With More Leaks 2006
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I know Fox New reported that the NIE was declassified, which is not true at the time to the leak.
Think Progress » White House Responds To Criticism of Bush’s Leak With More Leaks 2006
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(I later spoke with Andy Erickson, the Screaming Eagle winemaker, who confirmed that it "declassified" a certain amount of wine every year.)
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Some LI wineries "declassified" all the wines from 2003, with the result being some excellent values.
WTN: Pellegrini Vineyards 2003 EastEnd Select Merlot (North Fork of Long Island) 2007
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If papers were taken -- even if some were stamped "declassified" and returned -- that would "destroy any academic, scholarly, and historic value" of the archive, Kevin Anderson adds.
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To say that they were "declassified" is somewhat of a misnomer because some of the German records were captured after World War II.
Declassified: 50 Top-Secret Documents That Changed History by Thomas B. Allen jmnlman 2008
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To say that they were "declassified" is somewhat of a misnomer because some of the German records were captured after World War II.
Archive 2008-05-01 jmnlman 2008
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Is that why everyone else claims not to know that Libby had "declassified" these items?
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