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(uncommon) To make acellular by the removal of cells.
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Alternative spelling of estivating
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(transitive) To cause an allergic reaction in.
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(transitive) To make or render anonymous (especially to remove personally identifying data).
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(physics) The spreading of an electric charge to areas removed from its originating atom or ion.
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(transitive) To make antiseptic.
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Alternative spelling of deallergize [(rare) To reduce a person or animal's allergic reaction to some substance; to desensitize.]
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(British spelling) Alternative spelling of de-energize [(transitive) To remove the energy from (a circuit or a system).]
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Alternative form of dehaunt [(transitive) To free from ghosts.]
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Alternative form of dehex [(transitive) To remove a hex (a spell, especially an evil spell).]
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Alternative form of deskill [(transitive) To redesign (a job) so that less skill is required to carry it out, for example through the introduction of new technology.]
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Alternative form of destress. [(transitive) To reduce the stresses in a material.]
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Alternative spelling of detoxify [To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.]
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Alternative form of dealcoholize [(transitive) To remove the alcohol from.]
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(rare) To reduce a person or animal's allergic reaction to some substance; to desensitize.
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(physics) To reverse the process of bosonization
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(transitive, dated) Synonym of decaffeinate
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To undergo decanalisation
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Alternative spelling of decellularize [(medicine) To remove cells or cellular material from (such as from an organ or tissue)]
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(medicine, pharmacology) To stop administering a drug to a patient, to see whether its suspected effects cease to occur.
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Alternative spelling of decolourize [(transitive, intransitive) To drain of colour, to remove the colour from.]
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The act or process of decompartmentalizing.
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The act or process of making or becoming less dense
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Alternative form of de-energize [(transitive) To remove the energy from (a circuit or a system).]
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Alternative form of de-energize [(transitive) To remove the energy from (a circuit or a system).]
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Alternative spelling of de-escalate [To decrease in intensity or magnitude.]
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(physics) To move an atom etc to a lower energy level
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Alternative spelling of dehypnotize [To release from a hypnotic state.]
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(transitive) to make not lethal, or less lethal
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(transitive) To make no longer linear.
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(British spelling) To make something non-magnetic by removing its magnetic properties.
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(transitive) To gradually reduce the dose of morphine to a person who is addicted to it.
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Alternative form of denature [(transitive) To take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of (a thing or a person).]
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Alternative form of deparaffinize [(transitive) To remove paraffin or paraffin wax from.]
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Alternative form of deparasitize [To remove parasites (from)]
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Alternative form of desalinize [(transitive) To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater.]
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(anatomy) The loss or obliteration of division into segments.
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(biochemistry) To modify (a serum) so that it is no longer species-specific, to avoid triggering allergic reactions.
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The contamination of medical equipment, etc. so that it is no longer sterile.
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(economics) To carry out a monetary process that is the reverse of sterilization.
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(transitive) To reduce the volume of the vocalizations of (an animal) by surgically removing tissue from its vocal cords.
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Synonym of de-energize (which is the more common term for the concept)
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The process of disintoxicating.
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(pharmacology) To render effective.
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(physics) To make electroneutral
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(British spelling) Alternative form of energize [(transitive) To invigorate; to make energetic.]
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Alternative spelling of energized
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(psychology) The process of destimulation via gradual exposure to the stimulus, so that the reaction eventually becomes neutral.
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The process of rendering something inactive.
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(transitive, chemistry) To make (an acidic or alkaline substance) chemically neutral.
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Alternative form of pemmicanized [(derogatory) summarized or condensed in such a way as to remove the life or essence]
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(botany, intransitive) To return year after year as a perennial.
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(American spelling) Alternative spelling of pulverise [(transitive) To render into dust or powder.]
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Alternative form of resterilize [(transitive) To sterilize again.]
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(transitive) To revise (a document) in order to prevent identification of the sources.
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Alternative form of self-energising [(British spelling) Containing means for augmentation of power within itself.]
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(transitive) To deprive of the ability to procreate.
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One who has undergone sterilization.
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Alternative spelling of titivate [To make small improvements or alterations to (one's appearance etc.); to add some finishing touches to, to spruce up or touch up.]
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Alternative spelling of tranquilize [(transitive) To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart.]
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Alternative spelling of tranquilize [(transitive) To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart.]
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Alternative spelling of tranquilize [(transitive) To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart.]
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(electronics) neutralization.
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(chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of vaporize [(transitive, intransitive) To turn into vapor.]
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