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