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Meaning of decap | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
/diːˈkæp/

Definitions

  1. To remove a cap.
  2. To enzymatically remove a cap from mRNA.
  3. To remove the epoxy from an integrated circuit.
  4. To cause an armor-piercing shell to lose its hardened cap, degrading its ability to penetrate armor.
  5. To remove an upper limit.
  6. To change an uppercase letter to lowercase; to decapitalize.

Examples

“Late one night in 1992, in Sudan's desiccated capital of Khartoum—the famous confluence of the Blue and White Nile Rivers, from where they blend together and flow deeply north, toward Egypt—an old Englishman broke Islamic law and decapped a bottle of Johnny Walker Red.”
“In October 1985 ARDC successfully decapped the AIF and was operating under the RDTE appropriation .”
“During 1995 the mark up on borrowed capital was around 17.5% which was decapped, consequently the banks started charging mark up rate as high as 24%.”
“In English this pronoun is always written with a capital letter, while "you", the second person singular, which in Russian out of courtesy we spell with a capital, is decapped in English.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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