Definition of "de-" []

• Do or make the opposite of; reverse: decriminalize. (prefix)
• Remove or remove from: delouse; deoxygenate. (prefix)
• Out of: deplane; defenestration. (prefix)
• Reduce; degrade: declass. (prefix)
• Derived from: deverbative. (prefix)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "How it was administered I think was the problem, not the decision to have a de- Baathification process."
• "I suppose you could say we are de- evolving back to the hairpin, then evolving forwards to the leopard from there."
• "For temporary de- bloating, though, Dr. Passler conceded, "It will help decrease any puffiness in the body caused by inflammation.""