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detoxify.

To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.

8 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.

    transitive
  2. To make something that is harmful more benign.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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

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