Definition of "disestablish" []

• To alter the status of (something established by authority or general acceptance). (verb-transitive)
• To deprive (a church) of official governmental support. (verb-transitive)

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• "The Base Realignment and Closure Commission also suggested that the Pentagon could "disestablish" CIFA and DSS and "consolidate their components into the Department of Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency.""
• "Nor did I try to 'disestablish' him altogether, but only to prevent his being placed above better men, whom he continually attacked, from a consciousness that his special talents would never allow him to please in the way they pleased."
• "Some felt that Church influence on public affairs was too strong and sought to 'disestablish' it."