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v. To neutralize the magnetic field of (a ship, for example).

v. To erase information from (a magnetic disk or other storage device).

v. To reduce or eliminate a magnetic field, especially from the hull of a ship, or from a computer monitor

n. To make a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by applying an opposing magnetic field.

n. To remove irregular magnetization in (the electron gun of a cathode-ray tube); -- used to improve picture quality, especially in computer monitors.

v. make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)

"Rodda speculated that more sophisticated gear using high frequencies to "degauss" a croc's magnetic sensors - a process similar to erasing a music tape - could be more effective, but said magnets also could do the job."

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