verb
- to withdraw funding from; to stop providing money for
Usage: often used in political contexts
Examples
- The city council voted to defund the arts program.
- Protesters called for officials to defund certain police departments.
- The university decided to defund the research project.
- Budget cuts forced them to defund several community programs.
- The organization lost support when donors chose to defund it.
- Congress threatened to defund the agency if reforms weren’t made.