detoxify
verbUK /diːˈtɒksɪfaɪ/
US /diːˈtɑːksɪfaɪ/
To clean something bad out of your body or a place.
The liver helps detoxify harmful things in your blood.
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2. To stop using an unhealthy substance, like alcohol or drugs, in a safe way.
He went to a clinic to detoxify from alcohol.
3. To remove poison or harmful chemicals from something.
Scientists worked to detoxify the polluted water.
4. To make something less harmful or less negative.
The new rules aim to detoxify the heated debate.