decolonize

1. The status of Perejil has become somewhat uncertain since the European countries started to decolonize African countries.
   自从欧洲国家开始解除对非洲国家的殖民后，佩雷吉尔的地位变得有点模糊不明。

verb

1. grant independence to (a former colony)
   1. West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's

   Synonym:    decolonise