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detoxify

v.
US //dɪˈtɑksəˌfaɪ// UK //diːtˈɒksɪfˌaɪ// detox·i·fy
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Origin

Attested since 1905 (twelve years earlier than toxify), from de- + tox- + -ify. (Detoxicate is attested one year earlier, since 1904.)

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