Meaning

2 senses

  1. To remove poison (or its effects) from.

    remove poison from

  2. To counteract, or make less poisonous.

Origin

From de- + toxic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

From de- + toxic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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Forms

detoxicates, detoxicating, detoxicated, detoxicated
Base formdetoxicate · to detoxicate
3rd person singulardetoxicates
Present participledetoxicating
Past simpledetoxicated
Past participledetoxicated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydetoxicate
he, she, itdetoxicates

Past simpleLesson

all personsdetoxicated

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill detoxicate

Synonyms

1 synonyms
detoxify
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words
Relateddetoxicationdetoxicantnontoxic
Deriveddetoxicative

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
detourdetoxdetractC2detractordetrimentC1
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