detoxify
2 synonyms for detoxify, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To take away substances that are poisonous or damaging from something.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
detoxicate
detox
Etymology
Recorded since 1905, twelve years before toxify, formed from de-, tox- and -ify. (Detoxicate is recorded a year earlier, from 1904.)
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