Meaning

1 senses

  1. To degauss or demagnetize; especially, to degauss a ship by dragging a large powered electrical cable along its side.

Origin

From de- (prefix indicating removal or reversal) + perm(anent magnet).

From de- (prefix indicating removal or reversal) + perm(anent magnet).

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Forms

deperms, deperming, depermed, depermed
Base formdeperm · to deperm
3rd person singulardeperms
Present participledeperming
Past simpledepermed
Past participledepermed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydeperm
he, she, itdeperms

Past simpleLesson

all personsdepermed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave depermed
he, she, ithas depermed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill deperm

Synonyms

1 synonyms
wipeB2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dependencydependentB1dependsdepictC1depictionC1deplete
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