What does detoxify mean?
Detoxify means (transitive) To remove foreign and harmful substances from something..
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(transitive) To remove foreign and harmful substances from something..
As a result of this, in some way or other, unknown to us, a diminished power of oxidation results and the organism loses the power to detoxify substances absorbed from the intestine which have been present there in excess; […]
The severe disciplinary action taken by his daughter—who since taking over the FN in 2011 has led a drive to “detoxify” the party and move it away from the racist, jackbooted, antisemitic imagery of the past—was supposed to silence her father.
We can either break as a nation or find a way to detoxify our politics.
Use detoxify when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Detoxify means (transitive) To remove foreign and harmful substances from something..
Common synonyms include detoxicate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
As a result of this, in some way or other, unknown to us, a diminished power of oxidation results and the organism loses the power to detoxify substances absorbed from the intestine which have been present there in excess; […]
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