dehost

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verb

To cause (a website etc.) to lose connection with its host.

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Meanings

verbdehost (third-person singular simple present dehosts, present participle dehosting, simple past and past participle dehosted)

present singular third person dehosts · participle present dehosting · participle past dehosted · past dehosted · alternative de-host

  1. InternettransitivecomputingTo cause (a website etc.) to lose connection with its host.

    Traceroute for the domain returns a "DNS Authoritative: Host not found". […] Might this be compatible with the owner having 'dehosted' the domain?

    2012 May 12, Iain Archer, “Re: Police pursuits”, in uk.legal.moderated (Usenet)
  2. transitiveaeronauticsTo separate (a CRS or GDS) from the internal reservation system of an airline.

Origin

From de- + host.

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Cite this entry
APA

dehost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehost

MLA

“dehost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehost. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dehost,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehost.

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