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DETOXIFY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: detoxified   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Treat for alcohol or drug dependence

Example:

He was detoxified in the clinic

Synonyms:

detox; detoxify

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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

care for; treat (provide treatment for)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

detoxification (a treatment for addiction to drugs or alcohol intended to remove the physiological effects of the addictive substances)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Remove poison from

Example:

detoxify the soil

Synonyms:

detoxicate; detoxify

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

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

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

detoxification (treatment for poisoning by neutralizing the toxic properties (normally a function of the liver))

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 Context examples: 

A detoxified, nonspecific immunostimulant consisting of a combination of the active monophosphoryl lipid A component of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) isolated from the bacterium Salmonella minnesota combined with a residue of the cell wall of the bacterium Mycobacterium phlei.

(DetoxPC, NCI Thesaurus)

Ascorbic acid is a potent reducing and antioxidant agent that functions in fighting bacterial infections, in detoxifying reactions, and in the formation of collagen in fibrous tissue, teeth, bones, connective tissue, skin, and capillaries.

(Ascorbic acid, NCI Thesaurus)