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detoxicate

American

[dee-tok-si-keyt] / diˈtɒk sɪˌkeɪt /

verb (used with object)

detoxicated, detoxicating

to detoxify.

detoxicate British

/ diːˈtɒksɪˌkeɪt /

verb

to rid (a patient) of a poison or its effects
to counteract (a poison)

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Etymology

Origin of detoxicate

1865–70; de- + Latin toxic ( um ) poison ( see toxic) + -ate ¹

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detoxicated detoxicating

Ordinarily these substances are rendered harmless either before absorption or are detoxicated in the liver to harmless substances.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

Potentiation seems to take place when one compound destroys the liver enzyme responsible for detoxicating the other.

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 3, 2017

His knowledge he recently applied to motor exhaust CO, inventing a way of detoxicating it.

From Time Magazine Archive

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