depower

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ power.

Verb

depower (third-person singular simple present depowers, present participle depowering, simple past and past participle depowered)

(transitive) To reduce the power of; to strip power from.

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Antonyms

Derived terms

depowerable

Related terms

disempower (morphologically similar but (by idiomatic accident) refers semantically only to social power, not electrical power)

Translations

to deprive of power

French: dépouvoirer (fr)
Maori: tupe, whakaeo

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