DEREGULATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deregulating mean? 

• DEREGULATING (noun)
  The noun DEREGULATING has 1 sense:

1. the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)

  Familiarity information: DEREGULATING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEREGULATING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

deregulating; deregulation

Hypernyms ("deregulating" is a kind of...):

freeing; liberation; release (the act of liberating someone or something)

Derivation:

deregulate (lift the regulations on)

 Context examples 

Adenosine A3 receptor agonist CF102 selectively binds to and activates the cell surface-expressed A3AR, deregulating Wnt and NF-kB signal transduction pathways downstream, which may result in apoptosis of A3AR-expressing tumor cells.

(Adenosine A3 Receptor Agonist CF102, NCI Thesaurus)