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defund
[ dee-fuhnd ]
verb (used with object)
- to withdraw financial support from, especially as an instrument of legislative control:
Many university programs were defunded by the recent government cutbacks.
- to deplete the financial resources of:
The cost of the lawsuit defunded the company's operating budget.
Example Sentences
Trump and his administration have repeatedly criticized, undermined and defunded science on climate change.
鈥淭rump is asserting a particular theory about executive power, but that鈥檚 really all he has,鈥 Ekbladh said, 鈥渁nd that has defined his first hundred days 鈥 disrupt, break, defund.鈥
Most recently, a leaked draft of the budget proposal for the Department of Health and Human Services revealed the department鈥檚 proposal to totally defund Head Start by 2026.
The White House has moved aggressively to wrest control of spending from Congress, unilaterally defunding programmes and entire agencies.
These have included shuttering government agencies, defunding programmes and mass layoffs:
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