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devitalization

noun

Etymology

From devitalize + -ation.

  1. derived from vītālis
  2. derived from vital
  3. inherited from vital
  4. suffixed as vitalize — “vital + ize”
  5. prefixed as devitalize — “de + vitalize”
  6. suffixed as devitalization — “devitalize + ation”

Definitions

  1. The act or process of devitalizing

    The act or process of devitalizing; its results.

    • The wands are Spenser's phallic white rods, here symbolizing wintry devitalization.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for devitalization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA