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detoxicating

detoxicating is the present participle and gerund of detoxicate.

Meaning of detoxicate

Verb

detoxicate (third-person singular simple present detoxicates, present participle detoxicating, simple past and past participle detoxicated)

  1. To remove poison (or its effects) from.
  2. To counteract, or make less poisonous.

Questions about detoxicating

What is detoxicating the present participle and gerund of?
Detoxicating is the present participle and gerund of detoxicate.

Words near detoxicating in the dictionary

  1. detoxicant
  2. detoxicants
  3. detoxicate
  4. detoxicated
  5. detoxicates
  6. detoxicating
  7. detoxication
  8. detoxications
  9. detoxicative
  10. detoxifiable
  11. detoxificant

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