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DEMAGNETIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)

Example:

they degaussed the ship

Synonyms:

degauss; demagnetise; demagnetize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "demagnetize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Sentence frames:

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Antonym:

magnetize (make magnetic)

Derivation:

demagnetization (the process of removing magnetization)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Erase (a magnetic storage device)

Synonyms:

demagnetise; demagnetize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "demagnetize" is one way to...):

delete; erase (wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information)

Sentence frames:

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