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detoxify

verb

Etymology

Attested since 1905 (twelve years earlier than toxify), from de- + tox- + -ify. (Detoxicate is attested one year earlier, since 1904.)

Definitions

  1. To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.

    • As a result of this, in some way or other, unknown to us, a diminished power of oxidation results and the organism loses the power to detoxify substances absorbed from the intestine which have been present there in excess; […]

  2. To make something that is harmful more benign.

    • We can either break as a nation or find a way to detoxify our politics.

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Derived

detoxifiable, detoxification, detoxifier, undetoxified

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