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Verb: detransitivise
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: detransitivize)
  1. (grammar) make intransitive
    "The linguist detransitivised the verb for the study";
    - detransitivize, intransitivize, intransitivise [Brit]

Type of: alter, change, modify

Antonym: transitivise [Brit]