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Remove impurities from
Answer for the clue "Remove impurities from ", 8 letters:
detoxify
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Word definitions for detoxify in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. To remove foreign and harmful substances from something.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
detoxify \detoxify\ v. t. to remove poison from; to rid of the effects of poison. Syn: detoxicate. to render (a poisonous substance) non-toxic or harmless.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. remove poison from; "detoxify the soil" [syn: detoxicate ] treat for alcohol or drug dependence; "He was detoxified in the clinic" [also: detoxified ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1905; see de- + toxic + -fy . Earlier in the same sense was detoxicate (1867).
Usage examples of detoxify.
He took a deep breath at last, knowing the time had come for the second phase of his plan to detoxify Katalya Tremain.
YEAR-3000, a toxic-waste cleanup company commissioned by the government to detoxify the earth surrounding the Plants.
For their own good, they must be removed from that environment and detoxified immediately.
She collected some a while ago and gave them to a renegade Stgal priest who breeds detoxified profane vegetation.
He flicked his tongue into the breath mask and smelled filter-scrubbed ozone and scorched yorik coral - and an antiseptic, coppery odor he recognized as detoxified voxyn blood.
Cyril, and certainly not I, and over a good many years I would from time to time look at the tattered manuscript again and try to find some way of detoxifying it.
And then the nurse notices it: the two patients are detoxifying in stereo.
According to Browman: ‘Plant domestication in the Altiplano required the simultaneous development of detoxifying techniques.
It relieves fluid retention and premenstrual tension, detoxifies the system and encourages circulation.
They found it a real kick to chew certain green leaves with actual teeth and feel the profound effect on a finite being, and if you overdosed, you could always dissolve to energy state to detoxify.
He can use his horn to detoxify much of the poison of the Eviler Sorceress.