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deshelve en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + shelve.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To remove from a shelf.
   • The pollen I stirred while cutting the grass and the dust I dislodged while deshelving the books had kicked my allergies into overdrive, and I felt dizzy and disconnected as I drove down the long, mostly empty stretch of pine-tree-lined highway toward Pottersville. 2016, Michael Lister, Rivers to Blood: a John Jordan Mystery:
2. (broadly, transitive) To make unavailable or inactive.
   • Basically, "You give us a non-aggression pact, America, and we will look at deshelving our nuclear weapons. 2003, Meet the Press, page 181:

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