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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

demonetize

· de·mon·e·tize · IPA /diˈmɑnətaɪz/
01 v. t. To deprive of current value; to withdraw from use, as money.
  1. 1.
    To deprive of current value; to withdraw from use, as money.
    “They [gold mohurs] have been completely demonetized by the [East India] Company.” — R. Cobden.