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English Dictionary: demagnetize by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demagnetize
v
  1. erase (a magnetic storage device) [syn: demagnetize, demagnetise]
  2. make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of); "demagnetize the iron shavings"; "they degaussed the ship"
    Synonym(s): demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
    Antonym(s): magnetise, magnetize
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Demagnetize \De*mag"net*ize\, v. t.
      1. To deprive of magnetic properties. See {Magnetize}.
  
                     If the bar be rapidly magnetized and demagnetized.
                                                                              --Am. Cyc.
  
      2. To free from mesmeric influence; to demesmerize. --
            {De*mag`net*i*za"tion}, n. -- {De*mag"net*i`zer}, n.
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