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Detoxify (Verb)

Remove poison from; "detoxify the soil".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Specialists were hired to detoxify the contaminated area by removing heavy metals from the ground.
The process is designed to detoxify the environment by filtering pollutants from the water.
After the chemical spill, a team was brought in to detoxify the soil by neutralizing the toxic substances.
The company implemented new measures to detoxify the polluted air by reducing emissions from the factory.
In an effort to restore the ecosystem, conservationists worked to detoxify the wetlands by removing invasive species.

Treat for alcohol or drug dependence; "He was detoxified in the clinic".

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.

The patient was detoxified in a rehab center to treat his severe addiction to opioids.
After years of struggling with substance abuse, she voluntarily checked into a hospital to detoxify her body.
Through the detox program, he was able to shake off his dependence on prescription pills and start a new chapter in life.
She spent several days in the clinic to detoxify and withdraw from the benzodiazepines she had become addicted to.
During his stay at the rehab center, he underwent medical treatments to detoxify his body of the accumulated toxins from years of hard drug use.