Meaning | make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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Example | "they degaussed the ship" |
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Synonyms | demagnetize, demagnetise |
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Category | physics, natural philosophy | The science of matter and energy and their interactions |
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Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
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Opposite | magnetize, magnetise | make magnetic |
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Spanish | desimantar |
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Catalan | desimantar, desmagnetitzar |
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Nouns | degaussing | the process of making a (steel) ship's hull nonmagnetic by producing an opposing magnetic field |
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