de-electrify

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ electrify.

Verb

de-electrify (third-person singular simple present de-electrifies, present participle de-electrifying, simple past and past participle de-electrified)

1. (rail transport) To remove the electrification for powering electric trains from a railway.
   • 2023 November 29, Richard Foster, “Tyne & Wear Metro goes with the flow”, in RAIL, number 997, page 32:

     It formed part of the LNER's electrified North Tyneside system until it was de-electrified by BR in 1963.