Decisions are made by many different groups and individuals.

To be elaborate, it's the separation and distribution of authority, resources, and/or bureaucratic processes and jurisdictions to lower levels of government, divisional and departmental levels, or lower/middle-level managers.
by mr. topher May 17, 2004
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To slam somebody on the ground; perform a takedown
Subject was violent and ignored lawful orders, resisting arrest, so he had to be decentralized to be taken into custody
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A modern idea for terrorists and aspiring entrepreneurs.
Those in guerilla stock trading, and bombing Wal-Mart parking lots and The World Bank benefit from their unquashable decentralized leadership.
by Bon Bonnington July 15, 2008
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Digital money organized by a synced distributed ledger online. While centralized currencies are backed by the economies of countries, decentralized currencies typically don't have a government affiliation. These currencies are run by incentivized volunteers via appropriate consensus algorithms. Much like incentivized volunteers run Uber, called drivers, and Airbnb, called hosts, incentivized volunteers, traditionally called "miners," run these decentralized currency protocols. Examples of decentralized currencies include Bitcoin and Ethereum.
I haven't been trading much decentralized currency lately.
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Present participle: DECENTRALIZING, past participle: DECENTRALIZED

The act of body tackling and slamming, a suspect of a crime to the ground with all available force possible to the arresting law enforcement officers (usually law enforcement). Most often with multiple officers, sometimes from the side or behind, sometimes from multiple angles at the SAME time, including from above ... in body armor.

Best when the target lands on something uncomfortable, and depending upon the crimes: painful. Concrete and
"When this guy comes out of the store Sargent, you go high from the left, i'll go low from the left, and we will DECENTRALIZE him into last week!"
by THE FRACTURED BEAR March 30, 2023
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