detoxify
Meaning
- (transitive) To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.
- (transitive) To make something that is harmful more benign.
Synonyms
Translations
entgiften
désintoxiquer
desintoxicar
desintoxicar
أزل سم
zehirin etkisini gidermek
desintoxicar
disintossicare
onschadelijk makenEtymology
Attested since 1905 (twelve years earlier than toxify), from de- + tox- + -ify. (Detoxicate is attested one year earlier, since 1904.)
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