de-electrify

verb

To remove the electrification for powering electric trains from a railway.

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Meanings

verbde-electrify (third-person singular simple present de-electrifies, present participle de-electrifying, simple past and past participle de-electrified)

present singular third person de-electrifies · participle present de-electrifying · participle past de-electrified · past de-electrified

  1. rail transportTo remove the electrification for powering electric trains from a railway.

    It formed part of the LNER's electrified North Tyneside system until it was de-electrified by BR in 1963.

    2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 32

Origin

From de- + electrify.

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de-electrify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/de-electrify

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “de-electrify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/de-electrify.

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