demagnetize
verb (used with object)
to remove magnetization from.
demagnetise
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a variation of
demagnetize.
Example Sentences
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We magnetise our strip of steel by drawing it along the pole of a magnet; we can demagnetise it, or reverse its magnetism, by properly drawing it along the same pole in the opposite direction.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
The effect of the discharge half-a-mile away was to demagnetise the core slightly.
