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Detoxify

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To counteract or destroy the toxic properties of.

v. To remove the effects of poison from.

v. To treat (an individual) for alcohol or drug dependence, usually under a medically supervised program designed to rid the body of intoxicating or addictive substances.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. to remove poison from; to rid of the effects of poison.

v. to render (a poisonous substance) non-toxic or harmless.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. remove poison from

v. treat for alcohol or drug dependence

Word Usage

"A 2007 University of Texas study review concluded that not only does melatonin detoxify harmful, cancer-causing free radicals, but in doing so it actually creates more antioxidants."

Verb Form

detoxified detoxifies detoxifying

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

remove take withdraw take away care for

Variant

detoxified

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

detoxicate