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devocalizes

devocalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of devocalize.

Meaning of devocalize

Verb

devocalize (third-person singular simple present devocalizes, present participle devocalizing, simple past and past participle devocalized)

  1. (transitive) 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
  2. (transitive) To reduce the volume of the vocalizations of (an animal) by surgically removing tissue from its vocal cords.
    Synonyms:
    debark, disbark
  3. To remove the vocals of a song with an AI program creating a false instrumental with imperfections (vocal shadows).

Questions about devocalizes

What is devocalizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Devocalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of devocalize.

Words near devocalizes in the dictionary

  1. devocalising
  2. devocalization
  3. devocalizations
  4. devocalize
  5. devocalized
  6. devocalizes
  7. devocalizing
  8. devocation
  9. devocations
  10. devochka
  11. devochkas

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