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Verb: degauss  dee'gaws
  1. (physics) make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)
    "they degaussed the ship";
    - demagnetize, demagnetise [Brit]

Derived forms: degaussed, degausses, degaussing

Type of: alter, change, modify

Antonym: magnetise [Brit]

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