demonetization
- n ending something (e.g. gold or silver) as no longer the legal tender of a country
- The 8888 Uprisings drew fuel, in part, from anger over the killing of a student activist who had protested the demonetization of Burma's currency, which wiped out the savings of .
- Ten years later came demonetization of silver and panic.
- Since that is not how our political system works, I'll leave the demagoguery and demonetization to others.