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What is the verb for decentralizes?

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decentralise
  1. (British spelling) To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points.
  2. To reduce the authority of a governing body by distributing that authority among several bodies.
  3. Examples:
    1. “He has more to do to modernise and decentralise Britain's very centralised system of government and to revitalise our local democracy.”
      “The Government has been claiming that it wants more of its departments to decentralise and move out of London.”
      “The obvious solution of this problem is to decentralise the process of collection of household garbage.”
decentralize
  1. To cause something to change from being concentrated at one point to being distributed across a number of points.
  2. To reduce the authority of a governing body by distributing that authority among several bodies.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The blockchain was developed as a way to decentralize the processing of transactions and smart contracts.”
      “The only way to engage the people in the task is to decentralize the government.”
      “As technology evolves and organizations decentralize, people on the front lines have far more independence and responsibility.”
decentralized
decentralises
decentralizes
decentralised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of decentralise
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It also reflects their failure to accept that devolved and decentralised government is here to stay.”
      “Scots will pioneer new decentralised approaches to health and place much more accent on prevention.”
      “These outfits are non-hierarchical, decentralised, nominally leaderless and organised with militaristic precision.”
decentralizing
  1. present participle of decentralize
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The locational trends of producer services employment match very well with the decentralizing effects of counterurbanization.”
      “The plans included garrisoning every town with weapons and food stocks and decentralizing control to trusted commanders.”
      “The practice of decentralizing decision making and delegating as much authority as possible to local managers continued.”
decentralising
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