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disintoxicate

verb

Etymology

From dis- + intoxicate.

  1. derived from τοξικόν
  2. derived from toxicō
  3. inherited from intoxicaten
  4. prefixed as disintoxicate — “dis + intoxicate”

Definitions

  1. To neutralize the intoxicating effects of

  2. To remove or counter an intoxicating substance from

    • We are justified in assuming, therefore, that one of the functions of the suprarenals is to disintoxicate the blood.
    • This time may vary from a few days up to a month or more, and the amount of salt solution necessary to disintoxicate the patient may vary from 750 cc once a day to 1000 cc three times a day.

  3. To disenchant

    To disenchant; to restore a realistic perspective.

    • Our greatest need vis-a-vis China would seem to be somehow to disintoxicate the issue.
    • In so far as poetry, or any other of the arts, can be said to have an ulterior purpose, it is, by telling the truth, to disenchant and disintoxicate.
    • I want to disintoxicate myself from TV.

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