depower

English

Etymology

From de- +‎ power.

Verb

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

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

Synonyms

• de-energize
• power down
• power off

Antonyms

• fire up
• power on
• power up

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

Anagrams

• powered