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Verb: devoice  dee'voys
  1. (linguistics) pronounce without vibration of the vocal cords
    "Consonants often devoice at the end of words"

Derived forms: devoicing, devoiced, devoices

Type of: articulate, enounce [archaic], enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out

Antonym: vocalise [Brit]