Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To counteract or destroy the toxic properties of.
- transitive verb To remove the effects of poison from.
- transitive verb To treat (an individual) for alcohol or drug dependence, usually under a medically supervised program designed to rid the body of intoxicating or addictive substances.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb to remove poison from; to rid of the effects of poison.
- transitive verb to render (a poisonous substance) non-toxic or harmless.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
remove foreign andharmful substances from something.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb remove poison from
- verb treat for alcohol or drug dependence
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A 2007 University of Texas study review concluded that not only does melatonin detoxify harmful, cancer-causing free radicals, but in doing so it actually creates more antioxidants.
The Cost Of Lost Shut-Eye menshealth.com 2010
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A 2007 University of Texas study review concluded that not only does melatonin detoxify harmful, cancer-causing free radicals, but in doing so it actually creates more antioxidants.
The Cost Of Lost Shut-Eye The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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A 2007 University of Texas study review concluded that not only does melatonin detoxify harmful, cancer-causing free radicals, but in doing so it actually creates more antioxidants.
The Cost Of Lost Shut-Eye The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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A 2007 University of Texas study review concluded that not only does melatonin detoxify harmful, cancer-causing free radicals, but in doing so it actually creates more antioxidants.
The Cost Of Lost Shut-Eye menshealth.com 2010
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From the first moment of his election as party leader in December 2005, David Cameron's driving force was to "detoxify" the Conservative brand.
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Muhammad took over Lee's life in every way, feeding him with as many as 70 pills a day, food supplements of various kinds, including something called Great Plains Bentonite Detox, which uses an active ingredient of cat litter to "detoxify" one's bowels.
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It's part of the Conservatives 'effort to' 'detoxify' 'the party, to purge the traces of
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Opponents dismiss the idea as spin designed to hide a traditional right-wing agenda of spending cuts, "detoxify" the center-right Conservatives 'image and help keep them in power.
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In forming the coalition, he saved his leadership, temporarily, and, it is claimed, seized the opportunity to begin to 'detoxify' his party from the unreconstructed Thatcherite right.
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Cameron's first task as leader was to "detoxify" the Conservative brand.
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