English Explanatory Dictionary

detoxify

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.
  2. To make something that is harmful more benign.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

detoxify detoxifies detoxifying detoxified de-toxify

Etymology

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

Synonyms

detoxicate

Derived words

detoxifiable detoxification detoxifier undetoxified
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