Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To free from the effects of intoxication or from dependence on intoxicating agents.
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We need to have farmers to disintoxicate themselves, to switch to other cultivation.
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We need to help farmers to disintoxicate themselves, to switch to other cultivation.
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To disintoxicate artificially in exact accord with the intensity of the reeducation.
A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994
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To disintoxicate artificially in exact accord with the intensity of the reeducation.
A Life in Letters F. SCOTT FITZGERALD 1994
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W. H. Auden said that the purpose of art is to make self-deception more difficult: "by telling the truth, to disenchant and disintoxicate."
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