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Adjective: decentralised
Usage: Brit (=decentralized)
  1. Withdrawn from a centre or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities
    "a decentralised school administration"
    - decentralized
Verb: decentralise  dee'sen-tru`lIz
Usage: Brit (=decentralize)
  1. Make less central
    "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralised"
    - decentralize, deconcentrate

See also: decentralisation [Brit], localised [Brit], localized, redistributed, suburbanised [Brit], suburbanized

Type of: alter, change, modify

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