deshelve

present singular third person deshelves · participle present deshelving · participle past deshelved · past deshelved

1. transitiveTo remove from a shelf.

   The pollen I stirred while cutting the grass and the dust I dislodged while deshelving the books had kicked my allergies into overdrive, and I felt dizzy and disconnected as I drove down the long, mostly empty stretch of pine-tree-lined highway toward Pottersville.

   2016, Michael Lister, Rivers to Blood: a John Jordan Mystery

2. broadlytransitiveTo make unavailable or inactive.

   Basically, "You give us a non-aggression pact, America, and we will look at deshelving our nuclear weapons.

   2003, Meet the Press, page 181