devocalized
devocalized is the simple past and past participle of devocalize.
Meaning of devocalize
Verb
devocalize (third-person singular simple present devocalizes, present participle devocalizing, simple past and past participle devocalized)
- To make toneless; to deprive of vowel quality.
- If we take a high vowel […] and devocalise it, we obtain a hiss […]1877, Henry Sweet, A Handbook of Phonetics
- To reduce the volume of the vocalizations of (an animal) by surgically removing tissue from its vocal cords.
- To remove the vocals of a song with an AI program creating a false instrumental with imperfections (vocal shadows).
Questions about devocalized
- What is devocalized the simple past and past participle of?
- Devocalized is the simple past and past participle of devocalize.
Words near devocalized in the dictionary
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