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Verb: degauss  dee'gaws
  1. Make nonmagnetic; take away the magnetic properties (of)
    "they degaussed the ship"
    - demagnetize, demagnetise [Brit]

Derived forms: degaussing, degausses, degaussed

See also: degaussing

Type of: alter, change, modify

Encyclopedia: Degauss