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Verb: decentralize  dee'sen-tru-lIz
  1. Make less central
    "After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized"
    - deconcentrate, decentralise [Brit]

Derived forms: decentralizing, decentralized, decentralizes

See also: decentralization

Type of: alter, change, modify

Antonym: centralize

Encyclopedia: Decentralize