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to detoxify
01
to eliminate or neutralize harmful substances
Transitive: to detoxify sb/sth
Examples
Environmental initiatives aim to detoxify polluted water sources for the well-being of aquatic ecosystems.
02
to treat someone in order to help them stop drinking too much alcohol or taking an excessive amount of drugs
Transitive: to detoxify sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
detoxify
3rd person singular
detoxifies
Present participle
detoxifying
Past simple
detoxified
Past participle
detoxified
Examples
The clinic offered a program to detoxify individuals struggling with alcohol addiction.
Lexical Tree
detoxify
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